SynthesisBMC cancer2016
The prognostic value of lactate dehydrogenase levels in colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis.
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- Serum cholinesterase may independently predict prognosis in non-small-cell lung cancer.BMC cancer · 2022Article
- Survival for patients with metastatic colon cancer underwent cytoreductive colectomy in the era of rapid development of anticancer drugs: A real-world analysis based on updated population dataset of 2004-2018.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Establishment of lactate-metabolism-related signature to predict prognosis and immunotherapy response in patients with colon adenocarcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- The prognostic value of preoperative serum lactate dehydrogenase levels in patients underwent curative-intent hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases: A two-center cohort study.Cancer medicine · 2021Article
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- The prognostic significance of serum lactate dehydrogenase-to-albumin ratio in colorectal cancer.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2020Article
- Regulation of Autophagy by Glycolysis in Cancer.Cancer management and research · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe prognostic value of lactate dehydrogenase levels in the prognosis of colorectal cancer patients has been assessed for years, although the results remain controversial and heterogeneous. Thus, we comprehensively reviewed the evidence from studies that evaluated lactate dehydrogenase levels in colorectal cancer patients to determine their effect.
methodsThe following databases were searched in September 2014 to identify studies that evaluated the prognostic value of lactate dehydrogenase levels in colorectal cancer: PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. We extracted hazard ratios (HRs) and the associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from the identified studies, and performed random-effects model meta-analyses on the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Thirty-two studies with a cumulative sample size of 8,261 patients were included in our analysis.
resultsOur meta-analyses revealed that high levels of lactate dehydrogenase were associated with poor OS (HR, 1.75; 95% CI, 1.52-2.02) in colorectal cancer patients. However, this effect was not obvious in the OS of non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients (HR, 1.21; 95% CI, 0.79-1.86). The prognostic value of lactate dehydrogenase levels on PFS was also not confirmed (HR, 1.36; 95% CI, 0.98-1.87). Subgroup analyses revealed that the prognostic significance of lactate dehydrogenase was independent of study location, patient age, number of patients, metastasis, chemotherapy with anti-angiogenesis drugs, study type, or risk of bias.
conclusionsOur results indicate that high lactate dehydrogenase levels are associated with poor OS among colorectal cancer patients, although these levels are not significant predictors of PFS.
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