Relationship Between the Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide (DLCO) and Lung Adenocarcinoma Patterns : New Possible Insights

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INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate a potential relationship between the diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) and the aggressiveness of lung adenocarcinoma (ADC).

METHODS: Patients who underwent radical surgery for lung ADC between 2001 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. DLCO values were dichotomized into DLCOlow (<80% of predicted) and DLCOnormal (≥80%). Relationships between DLCO and ADC histopathological features, clinical features, as well as with overall survival (OS), were evaluated.

RESULTS: Four-hundred and sixty patients were enrolled, of which 193 (42%) were included in the DLCOlow group. DLCOlow was associated with smoking status, low FEV1, micropapillary and solid ADC, tumour grade 3, high tumour lymphoid infiltrate and presence of tumour desmoplasia. In addition, DLCO values were higher in low-grade ADC and progressively decreased in intermediate and high-grade ADC (p=0.024). After adjusting for clinical variables, at multivariable logistic regression analysis, DLCOlow still showed a significant correlation with high lymphoid infiltrate (p=0.017), presence of desmoplasia (p=0.065), tumour grade 3 (p=0.062), micropapillary and solid ADC subtypes (p=0.008). To exclude the association between non-smokers and well-differentiated ADC, the relationship between DLCO and histopathological ADC patterns was confirmed in the subset of 377 former and current smokers (p=0.021). At univariate analysis, gender, DLCO, FEV1, ADC histotype, tumour grade, stage, pleural invasion, tumour necrosis, tumour desmoplasia, lymphatic and blood invasion were significantly related with OS. At multivariate analysis, only gender (p<0.001), tumour stage (p<0.001) and DLCO (p=0.050) were significantly related with the OS.

CONCLUSIONS: We found a relationship between DLCO and ADC patterns as well as with tumour grade, tumour lymphoid infiltrate and desmoplasia, suggesting that lung damage may be associated with tumour aggressiveness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Archivos de bronconeumologia - 59(2023), 7 vom: 05. Juli, Seite 418-426

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ventura, Luigi [VerfasserIn]
Gnetti, Letizia [VerfasserIn]
Milanese, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Leo, Ludovica [VerfasserIn]
Cattadori, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Leonetti, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Minari, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Musini, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Nicole, Pensato [VerfasserIn]
Magrini, Federico Illica [VerfasserIn]
Bocchialini, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Silini, Enrico Maria [VerfasserIn]
Tiseo, Marcello [VerfasserIn]
Sverzellati, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Carbognani, Paolo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7U1EE4V452
Carbon Monoxide
DLCO
Journal Article
Lung adenocarcinoma
Predictive markers
Tumour differentiation

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Date Completed 05.07.2023

Date Revised 05.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.arbres.2023.03.015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355368358