title: Pretreatment Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase and N Classification Predict Long-Term Survival and Distant Metastasis in Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Who Have A Positive Family History of Cancer.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate prognostic factors in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) from the endemic area of southern China who have a positive family history (FH) of cancer. Retrospective analysis of 600 patients with nondisseminated NPC and a positive FH was conducted. The prognostic value of different factors for overall survival (OS), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS), disease-free survival (DFS), and local relapse-free survival (LRFS) were assessed using Cox regression models. The 3-year OS, DMFS, DFS, and LRFS rates were 93.8%, 91.3%, 86.3%, and 93.8%, respectively. The FH tumor type was NPC for 226/600 (37.7%) patients and other cancers for 374/600 (62.3%) patients. The 3-year OS and DMFS rates for patients with an FH of NPC were 91.2% and 89.8%, respectively. Thirty of 600 (5.0%) patients had elevated pretreatment serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH >245.0 IU/L). In multivariate analysis, N classification (HR 4.56, 95% CI 2.13-9.74, P < 0.0001) and elevated pretreatment serum LDH (HR 2.87, 95% CI 1.08-7.62, P = 0.034) were independent prognosticators for OS. Female patients (HR 0.42, 95% CI 0.19-0.95, P = 0.037) and patients with normal pretreatment serum LDH (HR 2.42, 95% CI 1.02-5.78, P = 0.046) had better DMFS. Elevated pretreatment serum LDH and N classification are independent prognostic factors for poorer survival in patients with NPC who have a positive FH of cancer.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wenna
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yupei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Guanqun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Linglong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Yanping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000077274:Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase