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ArticleTargeted oncology2015

The Association of Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9, Thymidine Kinase, and Tissue Polypeptide Specific Antigen with Outcomes of Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treated with Bevacizumab: a Retrospective Study.

Ondrej Fiala, Jindrich Finek, Tomas Buchler, Vit Martin Matejka, Lubos Holubec, Jana Kulhankova, Zbynek Bortlicek, Vaclav Liska, Ondrej Topolcan

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Article in Targeted oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ondrej FialaDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical School and Teaching Hospital in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, alej Svobody 80, 304 60, Pilsen, Czech Republic. fiala.o@centrum.cz.
Jindrich FinekDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical School and Teaching Hospital in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, alej Svobody 80, 304 60, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Tomas BuchlerDepartment of Oncology and First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
Vit Martin MatejkaDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical School and Teaching Hospital in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, alej Svobody 80, 304 60, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Lubos HolubecDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical School and Teaching Hospital in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, alej Svobody 80, 304 60, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Jana KulhankovaDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical School and Teaching Hospital in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, alej Svobody 80, 304 60, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Zbynek BortlicekInstitute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Vaclav LiskaBiomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Ondrej TopolcanDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical School and Teaching Hospital in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Charles University · CZMasaryk University · CZThomayer University Hospital · CZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of our retrospective study was to analyze the association of selected tumor markers (TMs) including serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), thymidine kinase, and tissue polypeptide specific antigen with outcomes in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) treated with bevacizumab. There is an increasing body of evidence from retrospective/observational studies that some serum TMs may be predictive of effect of targeted therapies in mCRC. In our study, the cohort included 152 patients treated with bevacizumab-based therapy between years 2005 and 2014 at Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical School and Teaching Hospital Pilsen. Serum samples for measurement of TMs were collected within 1 month before the initiation of bevacizumab-based treatment. In multivariate Cox analysis that included serum tumor markers and clinical baseline parameters, the number of metastatic sites (hazard ratio [HR] = 2.00, p = 0.001) and CEA levels (HR = 2.80, p < 0.001) were significantly associated with progression-free survival, whereas CA 19-9 levels (HR = 2.25, p = 0.008) were the only studied parameter associated with overall survival. Quantification of serum CEA and CA 19-9 is simple and readily available, and their candidate prognostic importance in the setting of antiangiogenesis therapy deserves to be studied in prospective trials.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBevacizumabBiomarkers, TumorCA-19-9 AntigenCarcinoembryonic AntigenCohort StudiesColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisPeptidesBevacizumabBiomarkers, TumorCA-19-9 AntigenCarcinoembryonic AntigenPeptidesThymidine Kinasetissue polypeptide specific antigen

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