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ArticleClinical Medicine Insights. Oncology2022

The Relationship Between D-dimer and Prognosis in the Patients with Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein-Positive Gastric Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Xiaofang Zhang, Weigang Wang, Baoguo Tian, Yan Wang, Jiexian Jing

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Article in Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology, 2022. 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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  4. Pre-Chemotherapy D-Dimer Levels as Predictors of Survival Outcomes in Advanced Gastric Cancer.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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Xiaofang ZhangDepartment of Etiology and tumor marker laboratory, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5717-1076
Weigang WangDepartment of Etiology and tumor marker laboratory, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, China.
Baoguo TianDepartment of Etiology and tumor marker laboratory, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Etiology and tumor marker laboratory, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, China.
Jiexian JingDepartment of Etiology and tumor marker laboratory, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, China.
Shanxi Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Alpha-fetoprotein-positive gastric cancer (AFPGC) is a subtype of gastric cancer that is rare in clinical practice and extremely malignant. Malignant tumors are often associated with hemorrhage, thrombosis, and even disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The D-dimer test is used as a sensitive index in the diagnosis of DIC and fresh thrombosis in malignant tumors. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the relationship between D-dimer values and the clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with serum AFPGC (AFP ⩾ 15 μg/L) patients. Methods: Overall, 120 healthy subjects and 120 AFP-negative gastric cancer (AFP < 15μg/L) patients from May 2017 to July 2018 at the Shanxi Cancer Hospital served as the control group in this retrospective cohort study. Additionally, 120 patients with pretreatment advanced serum AFP were chosen to analyze clinicopathologic features and factors that affect prognosis. The predictor was the D-dimer, and the outcome variable was overall survival (OS). Other variables included age, sex, tumor site, T-stage, distant metastasis, and preoperative serum tumor biomarkers. Differences in OS rate were analyzed by GraphPad Prism 9.2.0.332. The Cox regression model was used for univariate and multivariate analysis. Results: In comparison to AFP-negative gastric cancer, we discovered that D-dimer had a meaningfully higher presentation in patients with AFPGC ( Conclusion: Serum D-dimer levels may be a valuable indicator for predicting AFPGC metastasis and progression.

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alpha-fetoprotein-positive gastric cancerclinicopathological featuresD-dimerprognosis

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