title: Serum CYFRA21-1 as a prognostic marker for patients with undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of serum CYFRA21-1 and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) as prognostic markers in patients with undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Sixty-one patients who received definitive radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy were analysed retrospectively. We investigated the association of the follow-up results with pretreatment level, post-treatment level and change of serum CYFRA21-1 and CEA, respectively. Patients with low pretreatment CYFRA21-1 had a significantly better overall survival. There were no significant associations among the remaining serum markers, and the survival and recurrence rates on multivariate analysis. The present study shows that pretreatment CYFRA21-1 level is a potential factor for predicting long-term survival.
authors: Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Tumor Hospital and Institute, Jinan, China.
authors: Wan-Qi
authors: WQ
authors: Zhu
authors: Jin-Ming
authors: JM
authors: Yu
authors: Xin-Dong
authors: XD
authors: Sun
authors: Peng
authors: P
authors: Xie
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Kong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053539:Keratin-19 / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D053539:Keratin-19; C102012:antigen CYFRA21.1