Effect of tegafur combined with oxaliplatin on the life cycle and serum alpha-fetoprotein and carbohydrate antigen 242 levels in patients with advanced gastric cancer / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the effect of tegafur combined with oxaliplatin on the life cycle and serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and carbohydrate antigen 242 (CA242) levels in patients with advanced gastric cancer.Methods:A total of 100 patients with advanced gastric cancer admitted to Hefei Third People′s Hospital from October 2016 to October 2019 were selected and divided into two groups according to randomization, with 50 cases in each group. The patients in the control group received calcium leucovorin and fluorouracil and oxaliplatin, and the patients in the observation group was treated with tegafur combined with oxaliplatin. The remission rate, disease control rate, median progression-free survival (PFS), median overall survival (OS), side effects and serum tumor markers AFP, CA242, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), tumor growth promoting indicators vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-9, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1), microRNA (miR) 216a, miR95, miR4286 before and after treatment of the two groups were compared.Results:The remission rate in the observation group was higher than that in the control group 42.0%(21/50) vs. 22.0%(11/50), and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). After treatment, the levels of AFP, CA242, CEA, CA125, CA19-9 in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (15.04 ± 3.65) μg/L vs. (20.65 ± 4.17) μg/L, (20.88 ± 6.37) kU/L vs.(35.46 ± 7.33) kU/L, (8.65 ± 2.13) μg/L vs.(15.39 ± 3.25) μg/L, (26.15 ± 8.49) kU/L vs. (34.16 ± 7.50) kU/L, (22.29 ± 5.80) kU/L vs. (38.81 ± 6.79) kU/L, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The levels of VEGF, MMP-2, MMP-9, IGF-1 and PECAM-1 in the observation group were lower than those in the control group; the level of miR216a in the observation group was higher than that in the control group, and the levels of miR95 and miR4286 were lower than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The median PFS in the control group was 3.0 months, the median OS in the control group was 6.6 months, the median PFS in the observation group was 3.3 months, the median OS in the observation group was 7.0 months, and the differences were no statistically significant ( P>0.05). The incidences of myelosuppression and skin damage toxicity in the observation group were lower than those in the control group 6.0%(3/50) vs. 24.0%(12/50), 4.0%(2/50) vs. 18.0% (9/50), and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Tegafur combined with oxaliplatin in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer can improve the anti-cancer effect and promote the relief of the disease, and has high safety. The mechanism may be related to the inhibition of tumor growth promotion indexes and the regulation of miR.