Objective To investigate the relationships between circulating tumor cells (CTCs), circulating tumor endothelial cells (CTECs) and treatment methods in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) at different stages of treatment. Methods The data of NPC patients at different treatment periods in West China Hospital of Sichuan University from March 2016 to November 2019 were retrospectively collected. The patients received CTCs test and part of those patients received CTECs test, by subtraction enrichment-immunostaining-fluorescence in situ hybridization. The relationships of CTCs and CTECs with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and the correlations between CTCs and CTECs in NPC patients were analyzed. Results A total of 191 patients were included. Among them, there were 66 cases before initial treatment, 38 cases after induction chemotherapy, and 87 cases after concurrent chemoradiotherapy. A total of 127 patients received CTECs test, including 41 cases before initial treatment, 29 cases after induction chemotherapy, and 57 cases after concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The positive rates of CTCs were 89.4%, 81.6% and 69.0% respectively in the three stages of treatment, and the difference was statistically significant only between the pre-treatment group and the post-concurrent chemoradiotherapy group (P=0.003). The number of CTCs in the post-concurrent chemoradiotherapy group was lower than that in the pre-treatment group and the post-induction chemotherapy group (P<0.001, P=0.002). The number of triploid CTCs in the post-concurrent chemoradiotherapy group was significantly different from that in the pre-treatment group and the post-induction chemotherapy group (P=0.009, P=0.013). The number of tetraploid CTCs in the post-concurrent chemoradiotherapy group was significantly different from that in the post-induction chemotherapy group (P=0.007). The number of polyploidy (pentaploid or > 5 copies of chromosome 8) CTCs in the post-concurrent chemoradiotherapy group was significantly different from that in the pre-treatment group (P<0.001). The positive rates of CTECs were 70.7%, 82.8% and 64.9% respectively in the three stages of treatment, and the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05). The number of CTECs in the post-concurrent chemoradiotherapy group was only lower than that in the post-induction chemotherapy group (P=0.009). There was no significant difference in the number of triploid or tetraploid CTECs among the three groups (P=0.265, P=0.088). The number of polyploid CTECs was statistically different only between the post-concurrent chemoradiotherapy group and the post-induction chemotherapy group (P=0.007). Spearman correlation analysis showed that there was a significant positive correlation between CTCs and CTECs (rs=0.437, P<0.001). Conclusions Concurrent chemoradiotherapy plays a decisive role in reducing the number of CTCs in the blood of NPC patients, while induction chemotherapy does not appear to directly cause changes in the number of CTCs. In NPC patients, different types of CTCs have different responses to different treatments. There is a significant positive correlation between CTECs level and CTCs level in NPC.
Objective We searched and reviewed medical evidence to find the guide of treatment for local advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods Firstly, we put forward clinical questions. Secondly, we searched medical evidence from Medline (1985-2002), Embase (1984-2000), Cochrane library (2002.1) and ACP. And then we reviewed the results. The key words we used were "nasopharyngeal carcinoma, chemotherapy and radiotherapy randomized" and "meta analysis or randomized control trial". Results Through searching, we got 17 papers including 1 systematic review and 16 randomized control trials, in which there were 8 prospective randomized phase Ⅲ trials. Most of these trials concluded that combination chemo-radiotherapy were better than radiotherapy alone. We think these results were suitable for our patient’treatment decision. Conclusion To treat our patients,we choosed the method of the mutimodality of squeitial neoadjuvant chemotherapy, concurrent chemo-radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy with the drug doses down-adjusted.
摘要:目的:探讨鼻咽癌放疗后程同步辅以小剂量顺铂增敏的近期疗效,并与常规治疗和后程加速超分割放射治疗进行比较。方法:选取98例Ⅱ～Ⅳ期鼻咽癌患者,随机分为常规治疗组(简称T1组,32例)、后程加速超分割治疗组(简称T2组,32例)和顺铂加后程加速超分割治疗组(简称T3组,34例),并对治疗效果进行比较。 结果:1组鼻咽部肿瘤消除率为75.0%(24／32),颈部淋巴结消除率为87.5%(28/32);T2组鼻咽部肿瘤消除率为87.5%(28／32),颈部淋巴结消除率为84.4%(27/32);T3组鼻咽部肿瘤消除率为97.1%(33／34),颈部淋巴结消除率为91.2%(31/34)。进行两两比较,均为P＜0.05,有统计学意义,疗效:T3 组＞T2 组＞T1组。治疗副作用有增加(P＞0.05),但无统计学意义。 结论:小剂量顺铂加后程加速超分割治疗鼻咽癌,可以达到较常规治疗更好的近期治疗效果。Abstract: Objective: To study the later therapeutic efficacy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in late course accelerated fractionation (LCAF) radiotherapy and low dose cisplatin, at same time compare with conventional fractionation and LCAF. Methods: Ninetyeight cases with stage ⅡⅣ of nasopharyngeal carcinoma were randomly assigned to three groups: conventional fractionation (T1), LCAF (T2), LCAF and low dose cisplatin (T3). At the end of treatment, therapeutic efficacy was compared with each other. Results: The survey periods was 3 months. Comlete response rate (CR) for groups T1, T2 and T3 was 75.0% (24／32), 87.5% (28／32) and 97.1% (33／34), respectively; the group treated with LCAF and cisplatin had highest effective later therapeutic efficacy than other groups. Lymph node of neck of group T3 got better control, although its side effects were more serious, but no significant difference was found among three group. Conclusion: Combined treatment of LCAF radiotherapy and low dose cisplatin has better later therapeutic efficacy on tumor control in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
目的:探讨鼻咽癌延误诊断的原因。从而提高鼻咽癌患者的早期诊断率,改善治疗效果。方法: 回顾性分析324例在我科接诊前因各种因素而延误诊断的鼻咽癌患者首发症状、首诊误诊科室、误诊疾病。结果: 本组病例首发症状分别为颈部包块138例(42.5%)、鼻部症状148例(45.6%)、耳部症状66例(20.3%)、头痛46例(14.2%)、其他17例(5.2%),有两种首发症状的病例为91例。首诊误诊的疾病有颈部淋巴结炎、慢性鼻鼻窦炎、鼻出血、分泌性中耳炎、脑动脉硬化等27种疾病。涉及普外科、耳鼻咽喉科、神经内科、骨科、呼吸内科、口腔科、烧伤科、眼科、中医科等9个科室。结论: 加强鼻咽癌知识普及,完善继续医学教育及住院医师培训,积极寻找鼻咽癌的早期诊断方法能减少鼻咽癌的延误诊断。
目的 检测血管内皮生长因子（VEGF）、白细胞分化抗原34（CD34）及CXC趋化因子受体4（CXCR4）在转移性鼻咽癌患者鼻咽部肿瘤组织中的表达，探讨它们与鼻咽癌各种临床病理因素的关系以及它们之间的相互联系。 方法 采用免疫组织化学链霉素抗生物素蛋白-过氧化物酶连结法检测2003年3月－2009年5月35例转移性鼻咽癌患者VEGF、CD34及CXCR4在鼻咽部肿瘤组织中的表达情况，结合患者临床病理特征进行分析。 结果 转移性鼻咽癌患者鼻咽部肿瘤组织中的VEGF及CXCR4阳性表达率分别为62.9%（22∕35）和42.9%（15∕35），CD34计数为11～92，平均43.2 ± 20.5。无肺转移较有肺转移的患者VEGF的阳性表达率高（78.9%、43.8%，P=0.043），多器官转移较单器官转移的患者CXCR4的表达强度高（62.5%、26.3%，P=0.044）。 结论 VEGF表达阳性的患者易发生肺转移；CXCR4强表达的患者易发生多器官转移。
目的:比较常规放射治疗与放射治疗同期合并顺铂(PDD)加卡培他滨(CAP)治疗局部晚期鼻咽癌的有效性,同时评价此联合方式的安全性。方法:从2003年2月至2005年11月,78例局部晚期鼻咽癌患者(Ⅲ、Ⅳa,92分期)随机分为两组,放化疗组在放疗的第1、4、7周均用PDD+CAP各化疗一周期,PDD:20mg/m2,静脉滴注,连用5天;CAP:1000mg/m2,每天2次,连用14天,休7天;21天为一周期。两组放疗方法相同:鼻咽原发灶采用60Co外照射,颈部淋巴结引流区采用60Co前切线照射加深部X线垂直照射,鼻咽部剂量为65～70 Gy／6.5～7周,颈淋巴结转移灶剂量为65～70 Gy／6.5～7周。结果:放化疗组及单放组治疗结束后3个月鼻咽部肿瘤完全消退率分别为89.7%,69.2%(P﹤0.05)。3年生存率分别为76.9%,53.8%(P﹤0.05)。结论:顺铂加卡培他滨方案联合放化疗治疗局部晚期鼻咽癌可改善患者的生存,毒副反应可耐受。
ObjectiveTo systematically review the correlation between the expression of P53 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. MethodsDatabases including The Cochrane Library (Issue 1, 2016), PubMed, EMbase, CBM, CNKI, VIP, and WanFang Data were searched from the inception to January 1st 2016 to collect case-control studies about the correlation between the expression of P53 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, as well as its clinically pathologic features. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Then meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.2 software. Results Twelve studies were finally included in this meta-analysis. There were 630 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and 253 controls. The results of meta-analysis showed that, the expression of P53 protein were significantly different between the nasopharyngeal carcinoma group and the control group (OR=21.34, 95%CI 13.59 to 33.50, P < 0.000 01), between the nasopharyngeal carcinoma with lymphatic node metastasis group and without lymphatic node metastasis group (OR=3.69, 95%CI 1.67 to 8.17, P=0.001), between the clinical stage Ⅰ to Ⅱ group and the clinical stage Ⅲ to Ⅳ group (OR=0.19, 95%CI 0.08 to 0.49, P=0.000 6). However, there were no significant differences in expression of P53 between the male nasopharyngeal carcinoma group and the female nasopharyngeal carcinoma group (OR=0.92, 95%CI 0.49 to 1.74, P=0.80), and between the < 50 nasopharyngeal carcinoma group and the≥50 nasopharyngeal carcinoma group (OR=1.70, 95%CI 0.70 to 4.11, P=0.24). ConclusionsCurrent evidence shows that, the expression of P53 protein is associated with the occurrence, development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and may be positively correlated to degree of tumor malignance. It may be an indicator poor prognosis.