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ArticleCancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center

Distant Metastasis Risk Definition by Tumor Biomarkers Integrated Nomogram Approach for Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Xinjuan Fan, Ya Xie, Haiyang Chen, Xiaobo Guo, Yan Ma, Xiaolin Pang, Yan Huang, Fang He, Shuai Liu, Yizhen Yu and 5 more

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Article in Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xinjuan FanDepartment of Pathology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Ya XieDepartment of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Haiyang ChenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaobo GuoDepartment of Statistical Science, School of Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yan MaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3559-4393
Xiaolin PangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yan HuangDepartment of Pathology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Fang HeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Shuai LiuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yizhen YuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Minghuang HongDepartment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Jian XiaoDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiangbo WanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Ming LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jian ZhengDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNBeijing Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying metastasis remains a challenge for death control and tailored therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Here, we addressed this by designing a nomogram-based Cox proportional regression model through integrating a panel of tumor biomarkers. A total of 147 locally patients with advanced NPC, derived from a randomized phase III clinical trial, were enrolled. We constructed the model by selecting the variables from 31 tumor biomarkers, including 6 pathological signaling pathway molecules and 3 Epstein-Barr virus-related serological variables. Through the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Cox proportional regression analysis, a nomogram was designed to refine the metastasis risk of each NPC individuals. Using the LASSO Cox regression model, we constructed a 9 biomarkers-based prognostic nomogram: Beclin 1, Aurora-A, Cyclin D1, Ki-67, P27, Bcl-2, MMP-9, 14-3-3σ, and VCA-IgA. The time-dependence receiver operating characteristic analysis at 1, 3, and 5 years showed an appealing prognostic accuracy with the area under the curve of 0.830, 0.827, and 0.817, respectively. In the validation subset, the concordance index of this nomogram reached to 0.64 to identify the individual metastasis pattern. Supporting by this nomogram algorithm, the individual metastasis risk might be refined personally and potentially guiding the treatment decisions and target therapy against the related signaling pathways for patients with locally advanced NPC.

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AdultBiomarkers, TumorFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNasopharyngeal CarcinomaNeoplasm MetastasisNomogramsPrognosisRisk FactorsBiomarkers, Tumorclassifiermetastasisnasopharyngeal carcinomanomogram algorithmtumor biomarker

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