General Surgery, Binhaiwan Central Hospital of Dongguan, Dongguan, China.
Pain, Binhaiwan Central Hospital of Dongguan, Dongguan, China.
BMJ Open. 2021 May 28;11(5):e040801. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040801.
Studies have shown that serum ferritin (SF) has unfavourable prognostic value in hepatobiliary and pancreas (HBP) cancers. This meta-analysis aimed to comprehensively assess the prognostic role of pretreatment SF in patients with HBP cancers.
Eligible studies published before January 2020 were obtained through a comprehensive search in the PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and EMBASE databases. Pooled HRs and 95% CIs were then employed as effect sizes.
Seven studies comprising 1244 patients were pooled. Elevated pretreatment SF was associated with worse overall survival (OS) (HR 1.60, 95% CI 1.36 to 1.88, p<0.001) and recurrence-free survival/progression-free survival/time to recurrence (HR 1.70, 95% CI 1.15 to 2.52, p=0.008). Significant prognostic value of elevated pretreatment SF on OS was detected in the subgroups regardless of the cancer type, race, SF cut-off value, tumour-node-metastasis stage and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale score.
Elevated pretreatment SF was associated with worse survival outcome of patients with HBP cancers. As such, it may serve as a novel prognostic biomarker for HBP cancers.
研究表明,血清铁蛋白(SF)在肝胆胰(HBP)癌症中具有不良的预后价值。本荟萃分析旨在全面评估 HBP 癌症患者治疗前 SF 的预后作用。
通过在 PubMed、Web of Science、Cochrane Library 和 EMBASE 数据库中进行全面检索,获取到 2020 年 1 月之前发表的符合条件的研究。然后采用合并 HR 和 95%CI 作为效应量。
纳入了 7 项研究,共 1244 名患者。升高的治疗前 SF 与较差的总生存期(OS)(HR 1.60,95%CI 1.36 至 1.88,p<0.001)和无复发生存率/无进展生存率/复发时间(HR 1.70,95%CI 1.15 至 2.52,p=0.008)相关。无论癌症类型、种族、SF 截断值、肿瘤-淋巴结-转移分期和纽卡斯尔-渥太华量表评分如何,升高的治疗前 SF 在 OS 的亚组中均具有显著的预后价值。
升高的治疗前 SF 与 HBP 癌症患者的生存结局较差相关。因此,它可能作为 HBP 癌症的一种新的预后生物标志物。