Abstract:
Objective To analyze the risk factors for liver metastasis after colorectal cancer surgery and construct a predictive model.
Methods In total, 247 colorectal cancer who underwent radical surgical resection at Suzhou Ninth People's Hospital from January 2011 to December 2015 were selected for postoperative observation. These patients were assigned into groups in which metastases did or did not appear. One-way ANOVA of prognostic indicators among both groups was performed. Logistic multiple factor regression analysis was employed, and a predictive model was constructed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were analyzed to assess the discrimination of the model, and a goodness of fit test was used to evaluate its calibration. Another 102 colorectal cancer patients in this hospital were selected for clinical validation of the model.
Results During follow-up of 247 colorectal cancer patients, 81 cases of liver metastasis (metastasis group) occurred (32.79%). Among these, the degree of differentiation, lymph node metastasis, and expression of serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), D-dimer, albumin (Alb), soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), and miRNA-203 are all risk factors in colorectal cancer patients for postoperative liver metastasis (P<0.05). According to these risk factors, the equation expressing our predictive model is: Logit (P)=1.203×differentiation degree + 2.065 × lymph node metastasis + 1.257 × CEA + 0.829 × D-dimer + 0.395 × Alb + 1.156 × sICAM-1 + 1.484× miRNA-203 expression level-34.187. The area under the ROC curve for the model was 0.895 (95% CI: 0.830~0.959). The maximum Youden index (0.722) corresponded to a sensitivity of 0.896 and a specificity of 0.904. Goodness of fit test yielded χ2=3.014 and P=0.421. The prediction sensitivity of the clinical validation model was 86.21%. The specificity and accuracy were 89.04% and 88.24%, respectively.
Conclusions The risk factors for postoperative liver metastasis in colorectal cancer include reduced differentiation, lymph node metastasis, high CEA expression, high D-dimer expression, decreased Alb level, increased sICAM-1 level, and low degree of miRNA-203 expression. These findings aided in the construction of a predictive model with good discrimination ability that can effectively assess the risk of liver metastasis after colorectal cancer surgery.