Treg计数在临床有效组低于无效组[(8.78±2.80)% vs (10.95±2.56)%,P0.05],血清SCC-Ag在不同临床疗效组间差异无统计学意义,且这2个、指标之间未发现相关性(Spearman’rho=-0.093,P=0.540)。经受试者工作特征(receiver operating characteristic,ROC)曲线确定治疗前外周血CD4
t-effective pre-treatment predictors for advanced cervical squamous cell carcinomas treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT)
both baseline circulating CD4
+
CD25
+
CD127
Low/-
regulatory T cell (Treg) count and serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) level were measured for this feasibility study. Methods: Peripheral blood samples were collected from 44 patients with stage Ⅱ
B
-Ⅳ
A
cervical squamous carcinomas before CCRT. Flow cytometry immunophenotyping and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used for circulating CD4
+
CD25
+
CD127
Low/-
Treg count and serum SCC-Ag level testing
respectively. Clinical and pathological characteristics were retrospectively reviewed to analyze the predictive value of the 2 indexes. Results: The baseline circulating CD4
+
CD25
+
CD127
Low/-
Treg count was lower in the patient group with positive treatment response than in the group with negative response [(8.78±2.80)% vs (10.95±2.56)%
P0.05]
and the serum SCC-Ag level showed no significant difference between the 2 groups. No correlation was detected between these 2 markers (Spearman’rho=-0.093
P=0.540). Determined by plotting receiver operating characteristic curves
the best cut-off points were 9.76% for circulating CD4
+
CD25
+
CD127
Low/-
Treg count and 9.50 ng/mL for serum SCCAg level
respectively. Univariate analysis showed that pretherapeutic circulating CD4
+
CD25
+
CD127
Low/-
Treg count (OR=1.901
95%CI: 1.112-3.219
P=0.017)
but not serum SCC-Ag level (OR=0.998
95%CI: 0.001-4.253
P=0.897)
was predictive of clinical response to CCRT. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that pre-treatment CD4
+
CD25
+
CD127
Low/-
Treg count was an independent predictor for clinical response to CCRT (OR=3.115
Effect of oral nutritional supplements on nutritional status and quality of life in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving chemoradiotherapy
Clinical observation of TPF induction chemotherapy versus PF induction chemotherapy combined with concurrent chemoradiotherapy for the treatment of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
The progress of targeted therapy in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinomas