Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the changes in serum CD44v6/v EGF (sCD 44v6/sVEGF) levels after concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and to analyze the correlation of serum markers with patients' prognosis. Methods:The sCD 44v6/v EGF levels were detected by ELISA in 50inoperable NSCLC patients before and after concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Results: The sCD 44v6 and sVEGF levels before treatment was significantly higher than that in the control group. The pre-treatment sVEGF level was closely related to cTNM stage, metastasis, cell differentiation and primary tumor size, but was not correlated with histological classification, lymph node status, age or gender. The pre-treatment sCD44v6 level was closely correlated with cTNM stage, metastasis, cell differenti -ation, and primary tumor size, but was not correlated with histological classification, age or gender. Patients’sCD 44v6 be-fore treatment ( 570 .89± 63.30ng/L) was significantly higher than that after treatment (281 .44± 74.28ng/L). Patients’s VEGF before treatment (241 .09± 85.96ng/L) was significantly higher than that after treatment (133 .64± 67.69ng/L). PD patients had the highest level of sCD 44v6 and sVEGF and CR patients had the lowest sCD 44v6 and sVEGF level. The sVEGF lev -el was highly correlated with sCD 44v6 (r=0.291 , P<0.05). Conclusion:The sCD 44v6 and sVEGF levels might be helpful for evaluation of the biological behavior and prognosis of NSCLC.