Relationship between visceral obesity and prognosis in patients with stage IVB cervical cancer receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy  

作　　者：Chao Ji Silin Liu Che Wang Jie Chen Jin Wang Xinyue Zhang Jinlu Ma Mengjiao Cai 

机构地区：[1]Department of Radiation Oncology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University,Xi'an,Shaanxi 710061,China

出　　处：《Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy》2024年第3期180-186,共7页癌症发生与治疗（英文）

基　　金：supported by the scientific development funding from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University(No.2020QN07);the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(No.xzy012020044).

摘　　要：Background:Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is the preferred treatment for stage IVB cervical cancer;however,some patients experience a poor prognosis.The prognostic significance of body composition indicators,including visceral obesity,has been extensively investigated in patients with cancer.This study aimed to assess the impact of body composition indicators,specifically pretreatment fat content,on the survival outcomes of patients with stage IVB cervical cancer.Methods:We retrospectively analyzed clinical information from patients diagnosed with stage IVB cervical cancer between 2010 and 2018.We measured visceral obesity(visceral-to-subcutaneous adipose tissue area ratio[VSR])and skeletal muscle index(SMI)on pretreatment computed tomography(CT)images.We evaluated the impact of these body composition parameters on the prognosis of patients with cervical cancer.Results:Overall,116 patients were included,81 of whom had complete clinical and imaging information.Based on the cut-off values from X-tile analysis,we categorized patients into high and low VSR and SMI groups.The overall survival(OS)rate of patients with a high VSR was significantly higher than that of patients with a low VSR(P=0.022).Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that a low VSR was an independent risk factor for the prognosis of patients with stage IVB cervical cancer.Conclusion:Visceral obesity before radiotherapy and chemotherapy has a protective effect on the prognosis of patients with stage IVB cervical cancer,while low muscle index and VSR are associated with poor prognosis.

关 键 词：Cervical cancer CHEMORADIOTHERAPY Visceral obesity PROGNOSIS 

分 类 号：R730.55[医药卫生—肿瘤]