ArticleNutrition and cancer2023
Association between Serum Biomarkers with Postoperative Complications and Delay of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Initiation in Ovarian Cancer Patients Undergoing Primary Cytoreductive Surgery: A Pilot Study.
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Abstract
This study sought to describe and relate the factors associated with complications and delays in adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer treated with primary cytoreductive surgery. Serum from patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer scheduled for primary cytoreductive surgery were analyzed for prealbumin, 25-OH Vitamin D, intracellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 8 (IL-8), monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), monocyte chemoattractant protein 2 (MCP-2), macrophage derived chemokine (MDC). Postoperative complications were identified using common terminology criteria for adverse events 4.0 and 30 day after surgery. Delays in adjuvant chemotherapy were defined as >1 week interval between surgery and initiation. Patients with postoperative complications (39.6%) were significantly older, had lower serum prealbumin levels, and higher serum IL-6 and IL-8 than those without. Univariate logistic regression found that age (OR: 1.12, 95%CI: 1.00-1.35) and IL-6 (OR: 1.02, 95%CI: 0.99-1.05) were associated with postoperative complications, whereas age remained significant after multivariate analysis (OR:1.14, 95%CI: 1.00-1.29). Patients with delays in chemotherapy exhibited greater BMI and lower 25-OH Vitamin D than those without. Multivariate analysis found that increasing levels of 25-OH Vitamin D were associated with a lower risk of delayed chemotherapy initiation after controlling for age, body mass index, and tumor grade (OR: 0.93, 95%CI:0.87-0.99). This work suggests that in addition to age being predictive of postoperative complications, serum 25-OH Vitamin D may a provide insight into a patient's risk for postsurgical delays in chemotherapy initiation. These findings should, however, be confirmed in a larger study including robust survival analysis.
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