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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2022

Prognostic value of natural killer cell activity for patients with HER2 + advanced gastric cancer treated with first-line fluoropyrimidine-platinum doublet plus trastuzumab.

Hyungwoo Cho, Min-Hee Ryu, Hyung Eun Lee, Hyung-Don Kim, Yoon-Koo Kang

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Hyungwoo Cho *Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4307-2795
Min-Hee Ryu *Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, South Korea.
Hyung Eun LeeDepartment of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, South Korea.
Hyung-Don KimDepartment of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, South Korea.
Yoon-Koo KangDepartment of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, South Korea. ykkang@amc.seoul.kr.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of natural killer (NK) cell activity for patients with HER2 + advanced gastric cancer (AGC) treated with first-line fluoropyrimidine-platinum doublet plus trastuzumab.

methodsForty-one patients with HER2 + AGC who received fluoropyrimidine-platinum doublet plus trastuzumab as first-line treatment were prospectively enrolled. NK cell activity was evaluated using the NK Vue®.

resultsThe median age was 63.5 years, and 31 patients (75.6%) were male. Patients with low baseline NK cell activity (≤ median, n = 21) were associated worse progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) compared with patients with high baseline NK cell activity (> median, n = 20) with a median PFS of 4.21 vs. 9.53 months (P < 0.001), and median OS of 8.15 months vs. 17.82 months (P = 0.025), respectively. In the multivariate analysis, low baseline NK cell activity was independently associated with poor PFS (HR 4.35, P = 0.007). NK cell activity recovered to a normal range in nine patients (47.4%) with a low baseline NK cell activity (n = 19) after two cycles of treatment. The median PFS and OS among patients with recovered NK cell activity were significantly better than that among patients with persistently low NK cell activity (PFS, P = 0.038; OS, P = 0.003).

conclusionOur results demonstrated the prognostic value of baseline NK cell activity for patients with HER2 + AGC treated with fluoropyrimidine-platinum doublet plus trastuzumab. The association between treatment outcomes and dynamic changes in NK cell activity suggests that NK cell treatment may improve treatment outcomes, especially for patients with low baseline NK cell activity.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesKiller Cells, NaturalStomach NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlatinumPrognosisTrastuzumabErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesPlatinumTrastuzumabAdvanced gastric cancerNatural killer cell activityTrastuzumab

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