Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, School of Medicine, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China.
Dis Markers. 2022 Aug 28;2022:3044186. doi: 10.1155/2022/3044186. eCollection 2022.
Bone metastatic pain is thought to be a severe type of cancer pain that has refractory characteristics and a long duration. This study is aimed at exploring the brain functional connectivity (FC) pattern in lung cancer patients with bone metastatic pain. In this study, 27 lung cancer patients with bone metastatic pain (CP+), 27 matched lung cancer patients without pain-related complaints (CP-), and 27 matched healthy controls (HC) were recruited. All participants underwent fMRI data acquisition and clinical assessments. One-way ANOVA or a Mann-Whitney test was applied to compare clinical data according to data distribution. Seventeen hypothesis-driven pain-related brain regions were selected as regions of interest (ROIs). FC values among pain-related brain regions across the three groups were computed by using ROI-ROI functional connectivity analysis. ANCOVA with a post hoc test was applied to compare FC differences among the three groups. < 0.05 indicated statistical significance. Correlation analysis was conducted to explore the potential relationship between the FC values and clinical characteristics. Except for years of education, no significant differences were revealed among the three groups in age, gender, or neuropsychological assessment. In the CP+ group, FC alterations were mainly concentrated in the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), secondary somatosensory cortex (SII), and amygdala compared to the CP- group. Among these brain regions with statistical differences, FC between the right DLPFC and the right ACC showed a positive correlation with the duration of cancer pain in the CP+ group. In addition, in the CP- group, altered FC was found in the bilateral SII, ACC, and thalamus compared to the HC group. Altered FC in pain-related brain regions may be a brain pattern of bone metastatic pain and may be associated with the long duration of cancer pain.
骨转移痛被认为是一种具有难治性特征且持续时间较长的严重癌痛类型。本研究旨在探索肺癌伴骨转移痛患者的脑功能连接(FC)模式。本研究共纳入 27 例肺癌伴骨转移痛患者(CP+)、27 例无疼痛相关主诉的肺癌患者(CP-)和 27 例健康对照者(HC)。所有参与者均进行 fMRI 数据采集和临床评估。根据数据分布,采用单因素方差分析或曼-惠特尼 U 检验比较临床数据。选择 17 个与疼痛相关的大脑区域作为感兴趣区(ROI)。采用 ROI-ROI 功能连接分析计算三组间疼痛相关脑区的 FC 值。采用协方差分析(ANCOVA)结合事后检验比较三组间 FC 的差异。<0.05 表示差异具有统计学意义。进行相关性分析以探讨 FC 值与临床特征之间的潜在关系。除受教育年限外,三组间年龄、性别或神经心理学评估均无显著差异。与 CP-组相比,CP+组 FC 改变主要集中在背外侧前额叶皮层(DLPFC)、前扣带回皮质(ACC)、次级体感皮层(SII)和杏仁核。在这些具有统计学差异的脑区中,CP+组中右侧 DLPFC 与右侧 ACC 之间的 FC 与癌痛持续时间呈正相关。此外,CP-组与 HC 组相比,双侧 SII、ACC 和丘脑的 FC 发生改变。疼痛相关脑区的 FC 改变可能是骨转移痛的一种脑模式,可能与癌痛的持续时间较长有关。
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