scholarly journals The relationship between 18 F-FDG-PETCT-derived markers of tumour metabolism and systemic inflammation in patients with recurrent disease following surgery for colorectal cancer

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 407-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. McSorley ◽  
B. Y. Khor ◽  
K. Tsang ◽  
D. Colville ◽  
S. Han ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 407-407
Author(s):  
Euan Douglas ◽  
Colin H. Richards ◽  
Campbell S. D. Roxburgh ◽  
Paul G. Horgan ◽  
Donald C. Mcmillan

407 Background: Weight loss in cancer is increasingly recognised as part of syndrome associated with chronic activation of the systemic inflammatory response (McMillan DC, 2009). The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between systemic inflammation based prognostic scores (SIBPS) and CT measured parameters of body composition in patients with primary operable colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: 303 patients with primary operable CRC who underwent resection with curative intent (2003-2012) were studied. Image analysis of CT scans was used to measure total fat index (cm2/m2), subcutaneous fat index (cm2/m2), visceral fat index (cm2/m2) and skeletal muscle index (cm2/m2). SIBPS included the Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS), Neutrophil: Lymphocyte ratio (NLR), Platelet: Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR), Prognostic Index (PI), and Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI). Results: In all patients there was a significant association between lower BMI and skeletal muscle index and an elevated systemic inflammatory response, as measured by the mGPS (p=0.028 and p<0.001), NLR (p=0.004 and p=0.002), and PNI (p=0.001 and p=0.022). In male patients there was a significant association between lower BMI, total fat mass and skeletal muscle index and an elevated systemic inflammatory response, as measured by the mGPS (p= 0.027, p=0.048 and p=0.001), NLR (p=0.002, p=0.034 and p=0.003), and PNI (p=0.003, p<0.001 and p0.048). In female patients total body fat was associated with the PLR (p=0.001) and PNI (p=0.009) but only the mGPS (p=0.007) and the PI (p=0.013) were associated with reduced skeletal muscle. Conclusions: The present study highlights a consistent association between lower BMI and skeletal muscle mass and the presence of a systemic inflammatory response. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that chronic activation of the systemic inflammatory response results in the loss of lean tissue and that ultimately compromises survival in patients with CRC. McMillan DC. Systemic inflammation, nutritional status and survival in patients with cancer. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2009;12:223-6.


2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 1279-1285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen T. McSorley ◽  
Douglas H. Black ◽  
Paul G. Horgan ◽  
Donald C. McMillan

Cancers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbass ◽  
Dolan ◽  
Laird ◽  
McMillan

Background and aim: Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. Nutritional status (cachexia) and systemic inflammation play a significant role in predicting cancer outcome. The aim of the present review was to examine the relationship between imaging-based body composition and systemic inflammation in patients with cancer. Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar were searched up to 31 March 2019 for published articles using MESH terms cancer, body composition, systemic inflammation, Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound sonography (USS) and computed tomography (CT). Studies performed in adult patients with cancer describing the relationship between imaging-based body composition and measures of the systemic inflammatory response were included in this review. Results: The literature search retrieved 807 studies and 23 met the final eligibility criteria and consisted of prospective and retrospective cohort studies comprising 11,474 patients. CT was the most common imaging modality used (20 studies) and primary operable (16 studies) and colorectal cancer (10 studies) were the most commonly studied cancers. Low skeletal muscle index (SMI) and systemic inflammation were consistently associated; both had a prognostic value and this relationship between low SMI and systemic inflammation was confirmed in four longitudinal studies. There was also evidence that skeletal muscle density (SMD) and systemic inflammation were associated (9 studies). Discussion: The majority of studies examining the relationship between CT based body composition and systemic inflammation were in primary operable diseases and in patients with colorectal cancer. These studies showed that there was a consistent association between low skeletal muscle mass and the presence of a systemic inflammatory response. These findings have important implications for the definition of cancer cachexia and its treatment.


Author(s):  
Richard Culliford ◽  
Alex J. Cornish ◽  
Philip J. Law ◽  
Susan M. Farrington ◽  
Kimmo Palin ◽  
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Abstract Background Epidemiological studies of the relationship between gallstone disease and circulating levels of bilirubin with risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) have been inconsistent. To address possible confounding and reverse causation, we examine the relationship between these potential risk factors and CRC using Mendelian randomisation (MR). Methods We used two-sample MR to examine the relationship between genetic liability to gallstone disease and circulating levels of bilirubin with CRC in 26,397 patients and 41,481 controls. We calculated the odds ratio per genetically predicted SD unit increase in log bilirubin levels (ORSD) for CRC and tested for a non-zero causal effect of gallstones on CRC. Sensitivity analysis was applied to identify violations of estimator assumptions. Results No association between either gallstone disease (P value = 0.60) or circulating levels of bilirubin (ORSD = 1.00, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.96–1.03, P value = 0.90) with CRC was shown. Conclusions Despite the large scale of this study, we found no evidence for a causal relationship between either circulating levels of bilirubin or gallstone disease with risk of developing CRC. While the magnitude of effect suggested by some observational studies can confidently be excluded, we cannot exclude the possibility of smaller effect sizes and non-linear relationships.


2021 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 553-559
Author(s):  
Irina K. Malashenkova ◽  
Vadim L. Ushakov ◽  
Sergey A. Krynskiy ◽  
Daniil P. Ogurtsov ◽  
Nikita A. Khailov ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keita Tanaka ◽  
Yoichiro Yoshida ◽  
Teppei Yamada ◽  
Takaomi Hayashi ◽  
Hideki Shimaoka ◽  
...  

AbstractThe detection of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) by liquid biopsy is reported to provide prognostic information in colorectal cancer (CRC). Although the frequency of BRAF V600E mutation in CRC is less than 10%, it is associated with poor responses to conventional chemotherapy. We conducted a prospective study to investigate the relationship between the perioperative mutant allele frequency (MAF) of BRAF V600E and tumor recurrence, and to evaluate the possibility of early detection of recurrence. Among 362 patients who underwent radical resection, cfDNA was extracted from the perioperative blood of 11 CRC patients with BRAF V600E mutation and analyzed using the digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) system. The median follow-up time was 22 months, and there were four cases of recurrence. Although there was no correlation between recurrence and the perioperative MAF of BRAF V600E, tumor diameter was correlated with the MAF (p = 0.024), and the MAF increased with time in two patients from whom additional samples were obtained prior to recurrence. In this study, we identified a correlation between the pathological tumor diameter and the MAF, but it was difficult to predict recurrence by measuring cfDNA with BRAF V600E mutation in the perioperative period of radical resection of CRC.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (13) ◽  
pp. 4397-4404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hester C. van Wyk ◽  
Antonia Roseweir ◽  
Peter Alexander ◽  
James H. Park ◽  
Paul G. Horgan ◽  
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Abstract Background Tumor budding is an independent prognostic factor in colorectal cancer (CRC) and has recently been well-defined by the International Tumour Budding Consensus Conference (ITBCC). Objective The aim of the present study was to use the ITBCC budding evaluation method to examine the relationship between tumor budding, tumor factors, tumor microenvironment, and survival in patients with primary operable CRC. Methods Hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides of 952 CRC patients diagnosed between 1997 and 2007 were evaluated for tumor budding according to the ITBCC criteria. The tumor microenvironment was evaluated using tumor stroma percentage (TSP) and Klintrup–Makinen (KM) grade to assess the tumor inflammatory cell infiltrate. Results High budding (n = 268, 28%) was significantly associated with TNM stage (p < 0.001), competent mismatch repair (MMR; p < 0.05), venous invasion (p < 0.001), weak KM grade (p < 0.001), high TSP (p < 0.001), and reduced cancer-specific survival (CSS) (hazard ratio 8.68, 95% confidence interval 6.30–11.97; p < 0.001). Tumor budding effectively stratifies CSS stage T1 through to T4 (all p < 0.05) independent of associated factors. Conclusions Tumor budding effectively stratifies patients’ survival in primary operable CRC independent of other phenotypic features. In particular, the combination of T stage and budding should form the basis of a new staging system for primary operable CRC.


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