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ArticleBMC cancer2020

Integrated analysis of serum lipid profile for predicting clinical outcomes of patients with malignant biliary tumor.

Lejia Sun, Xin Ji, Dongyue Wang, Ai Guan, Yao Xiao, Haifeng Xu, Shunda Du, Yiyao Xu, Haitao Zhao, Xin Lu and 4 more

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Article in BMC cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Apolipoproteins: New players in cancers.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lejia SunDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Xin JiPeking Union Medical College (PUMC), PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Dongyue WangPeking Union Medical College (PUMC), PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Ai GuanPeking Union Medical College (PUMC), PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yao XiaoDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Haifeng XuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Shunda DuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yiyao XuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Haitao ZhaoDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Xin LuDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Xinting SangDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Shouxian ZhongDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Huayu YangDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China. dolphinyahy@hotmail.com.
Yilei MaoDepartment of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China. pumch-liver@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0449-4223
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (CIFMS) No.2016-I2M-1-001Tsinghua University-Peking Union Medical College Hospital Cooperation Project PTQH201904552
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSerum lipids were reported to be the prognostic factors of various cancers, but their prognostic value in malignant biliary tumor (MBT) patients remains unclear. Thus we aim to assess and compare prognosis values of different serum lipids, and construct a novel prognostic nomogram based on serum lipids.

methodsPatients with a confirmed diagnosis of MBT at our institute from 2003 to 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Prognosis-related factors were identified via univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses. Then the novel prognostic nomogram and a 3-tier staging system were constructed based on these factors and further compared to the TNM staging system.

resultsA total of 368 patients were included in this study. Seven optimal survival-related factors-TC/HDL >  10.08, apolipoprotein B >  0.9 g/L, lipoprotein> 72 mg/L, lymph node metastasis, radical cure, CA199 > 37 U/mL, and tumor differentiation -were included to construct the prognostic nomogram. The C-indexes in training and validation sets were 0.738 and 0.721, respectively. Besides, ROC curves, calibration plots, and decision curve analysis all suggested favorable discrimination and predictive ability. The nomogram also performed better predictive ability than the TNM system and nomogram without lipid parameters. And the staging system based on nomogram also presented better discriminative ability than TNM system (P < 0.001).

conclusionsThe promising prognostic nomogram based on lipid parameters provided an intuitive method for performing survival prediction and facilitating individualized treatment and was a great complement to the TNM staging system in predicting overall survival.

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AgedBiliary Tract NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorFemaleHumansLipidsMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesBiomarkers, TumorLipidsBiomarkerMalignant biliary tumorNomogramPrognosisSerum lipid

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PMCPMC7547451
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