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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1454709
This article is part of the Research Topic Precision Oncology in Checkpoint Immunotherapy: Leveraging Predictive Biomarkers for Personalized Treatment View all 5 articles

The establishment of PD-1 inhibitor treatment prognosis model based on dynamic changes of peripheral blood indexes in patients with advanced lung squamous cell carcinoma

Provisionally accepted
Yuyan Xie Yuyan Xie Hao Sun Hao Sun Liying Shan Liying Shan *Xin Ma Xin Ma *Qingyu Sun Qingyu Sun *Fang Liu Fang Liu *
  • Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China

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    Background: Unlike patients with lung adenocarcinoma, patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) do not derive significant benefits from targeted therapy. In recent years, immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment approach for LUSC.However, not all patients with this type of cancer respond to immunotherapy, necessitating the identification of effective biomarkers to predict survival prognosis and evaluate the efficacy of PD-1 inhibitors.: We retrospectively collected case and hematologic data from 212 patients with advanced squamous lung cancer who received PD-1 combination therapy. Hematological indices mainly contained SCC, CEA, NSE, Hb, LDH, WBC and RBC at baseline, 6 and 12 weeks of treatment. All patients underwent imaging examinations and efficacy was evaluated according to RECIST1.1 criteria. Univariate tests were used to assess the relationship between changes in serum biomarkers, clinical characteristics and treatment outcome. The survival prognosis of patients was investigated by telephone follow-up. The optimal critical values of all hematological indicators were calculated by ROC curves, and then logistic regression and Cox regression were used to analyze multiple serum markers in relation to efficacy and survival prognosis, respectively. Finally, column line plots were constructed and validated to predict the probability of patient survival.Results:Post-treatment RBC12w<3.81 × 10 12 /L (p < 0.034) was associated with lower ORR, and WBC6w<9.34 × 10 9 /L (p=0.041) was associated with higher DCR.SCC12w≥2.25 ng/mL (p = 0.015) , NSE6w ≥ 13.54 ng/mL(p = 0.044)and RBC0w≥4.2 × 10 9 /L (p = 0.003) were independent predictors of PFS. SCC12w≥2.25 ng/mL (p < 0.001) and NSE6w≥13.54ng/mL(p = 0.042) were independent predictor of

    Keywords: peripheral blood indexes, advanced LUSC, Immunotherapy, PD-1 inhibitor, Squamous cell carcinoma antigen, neuron-specific enolase

    Received: 25 Jun 2024; Accepted: 29 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Xie, Sun, Shan, Ma, Sun and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Liying Shan, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
    Xin Ma, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
    Qingyu Sun, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
    Fang Liu, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China

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