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The kinetic profile and clinical implication of SCC-Ag in squamous cervical cancer patients undergoing radical hysterectomy using the Simoa assay: a prospective observational study.
使用 Simoa 测定的宫颈鳞癌患者接受根治性子宫切除术时 SCC-Ag 的动力学特征和临床意义: 一项前瞻性观察性研究。
- 影响因子:3.29
- DOI:10.1186/s12885-020-6630-0
- 作者列表:"Ye S","Sun X","Kang B","Wu F","Zheng Z","Xiang L","Lesénéchal M","Heskia F","Liang J","Yang H
- 发表时间:2020-02-21
Abstract
BACKGROUND:To study the kinetic profile and clinicopathological implications of squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) in cervical cancer patients who underwent surgery by a self-developed SCC-Ag single molecule assay (Simoa) prototype immunoassay. METHODS:Participants were prospectively enrolled between 04/2016 and 06/2017. Consecutive serum samples were collected at five points: day 0 (the day before surgery), postoperative day 4, weeks 2-4, months 2-4 and months 5-7. In total, 92 patients and 352 samples were included. The kinetic change in SCC-Ag levels and their associations with clinicopathological characteristics were studied. RESULTS:Simoa SCC-Ag was validated by comparison with the Architect assay. SCC-Ag levels measured by the Simoa assay were highly correlated with the Architect assay's levels (Pearson's correlation coefficient = 0.979, Passing-Bablok regression slope 0.894 (0.847 to 0.949), intercept - 0.009 (- 0.047 to 0.027)). The median values for each time-point detected by the Simoa assay were 2.49, 0.66, 0.61, 0.72, and 0.71 ng/mL, respectively. The SCC-Ag levels decreased dramatically after surgery and then stabilized and fluctuated to some extent within 6 months. Patients with certain risk factors had significantly higher SCC-Ag values than their negative counterparts before surgery and at earlier time points after surgery, while no difference existed at the end of observation. Furthermore, although patients with positive lymph nodes had sustained higher SCC-Ag levels compared to those with negative lymph nodes, similar kinetic patterns of SCC-Ag levels were observed after surgery. Patients who received postoperative treatment had significantly higher SCC-Ag values than those with surgery only at diagnosis, while no difference existed after treatment. CONCLUSIONS:The Simoa SCC-Ag prototype was established for clinical settings. The SCC-Ag levels were higher in patients with risk factors, whereas the kinetic trend of SCC-Ag might be mainly affected by postoperative adjuvant therapy. These data indicate that the SCC-Ag level might be a good predictor for the status of cervical cancer, including disease aggressiveness and treatment response.
摘要
背景: 研究鳞状细胞癌抗原 (SCC-Ag) 的动力学特征和临床病理意义通过自行开发的 SCC-Ag 单分子检测 (Simoa) 原型免疫分析法在接受手术的宫颈癌患者中。 方法: 04/2016-06/2017 前瞻性入组参与者。连续收集 5 个点的血清样本: 第 0 天 (手术前一天) 、术后第 4 天、第 2-4 周、第 2-4 个月和第 5-7 个月。共纳入 92 例患者和 352 例样本。研究了 SCC-Ag 水平的动力学变化及其与临床病理特征的关系。 结果: Simoa SCC-Ag 通过与 Architect 试验的比较进行了验证。Simoa 测定的 SCC-Ag 水平与 Architect 测定的水平高度相关 (Pearson 相关系数 = 0.979,通过-Bablok 回归斜率 0.894 (0.847 ~ 0.949), 截距-0.009 (-0.047 至 0.027))。Simoa 试验检测的每个时间点的中位值分别为 2.49 、 0.66 、 0.61 、 0.72 和 0.71 ng/mL。术后 SCC-Ag 水平急剧下降,然后在 6 个月内稳定并有一定程度的波动。具有某些危险因素的患者在手术前和手术后较早的时间点的 SCC-Ag 值显著高于阴性对照者,而在观察结束时不存在差异。此外,尽管淋巴结阳性的患者与淋巴结阴性的患者相比,SCC-Ag 水平持续较高,但术后观察到相似的 SCC-Ag 水平动力学模式。接受术后治疗的患者 SCC-Ag 值显著高于仅在诊断时接受手术的患者,而治疗后不存在差异。 结论: Simoa SCC-Ag 原型是为临床环境建立的。有危险因素的患者 SCC-Ag 水平较高,而 SCC-Ag 的动力学趋势可能主要受术后辅助治疗的影响。这些数据表明,SCC-Ag 水平可能是宫颈癌状态的良好预测因子,包括疾病侵袭性和治疗反应。
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