World Journal of Oncology, ISSN 1920-4531 print, 1920-454X online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 9, Number 5-6, November 2018, pages 136-140


Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Level Predicts Cancer-Specific Outcomes of Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Interstitial Pneumonia

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Overall postoperative cancer-specific survival of patients.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Postoperative cancer-specific survival of patients based on serum CEA (a), CYFRA21-1 (b) and SCC (c) levels.

Tables

Table 1. Clinical Characteristics of Patients
 
Number of patients
%VC: percentage of vital capacity; UIP: usual interstitial pneumonia; CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; CYFRA21-1: cytokeratin 19 fragments; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma-related antigen; KL-6: Krebs von den Lungen-6.
Age
  < 6516
  ≥ 6525
Gender
  Male31
  Female10
Smoking status
  Never8
  Current/former33
%VC
  < 805
  ≥ 8036
UIP
  UIP17
  non-UIP24
Histology
  Adenocarcinoma21
  Squamous cell carcinoma14
  Others6
Surgical procedure
  Lobectomy35
  Sublobar resection6
pStage
  I30
  II - III11
pT status
  pT125
  pT2-316
pN status
  pN034
  pN1-27
CEA
  Normal21
  High20
CYFRA21-1
  Normal24
  High17
SCC
  Normal31
  High10
KL-6
  Normal22
  High19

 

Table 2. Univariate and Multivariate Analyses
 
Univariate analysisMultivariate analysis
Hazard ratioP value95% CIHazard ratioP value95% CI
LowerUpperLowerUpper
%VC: percentage of vital capacity; UIP: usual interstitial pneumonia; CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; CYFRA21-1: cytokeratin 19 fragments; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma-related antigen; KL-6: Krebs von den Lungen-6; CI: confidence interval.
Age0.6510.2940.2751.440
Gender0.6950.4200.2541.634
Smoking status0.5420.2300.1581.422
%VC0.3800.1200.1381.338
UIP pattern0.5660.1600.2521.256
Surgical procedure0.4520.1200.1871.257
Histology0.7930.5560.3631.731
pT status0.4250.0350.1930.9390.5010.0920.2241.122
pN status0.4400.1090.1841.224
CEA0.209< 0.0010.0830.4830.2230.0010.0870.524
CYFRA21-10.4880.0790.2221.088
SCC0.4530.0840.1991.120
KL-60.5220.1020.2361.140