A survey of prognostic value of serum factors in multiple myeloma patients before treatment: macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) is a powerful predictor of survival

Abstract Cytokines are involved in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma (MM) and other cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate a range of cytokines of diverse activity in patients with multiple myeloma for a possible prognostic value. Concentrations of the following cytokines and cytokine receptors were measured by ELISA in the sera of 64 untreated MM patients: IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, TNFα, sTNF R I and II, sIL-2Rα, IL-1ra, M-CSF, G-CSF, VEGF, and bFGF. Serum levels of sTNF RI, IL-6, and bFGF were elevated in over 50% of patients. There was an inverse relationship between sTNF RII, TNFα, IL-1ra, and albumin levels. There was no significant relationship between cytokines/cytokine receptors and other serum correlates of myeloma. In a univariate survival analysis, β2-microglobulin, LDH, sIL-2Rα, sTNF RI, and M-CSF were significant variables. In a multivariate analysis, only M-CSF and β2-microglobulin retained a significant influence on survival. Serum M-CSF may be considered another independent and clinically useful prognostic factor in multiple myeloma..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

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Medical oncology - 28(2009), 1 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 194-198

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kowalska, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Kaminska, Janina [VerfasserIn]
Fuksiewicz, Malgorzata [VerfasserIn]
Kotowicz, Beata [VerfasserIn]
Chechlinska, Magdalena [VerfasserIn]
Druzd-Sitek, Agnieszka [VerfasserIn]
Walewski, Jan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cytokine
M-CSF
Multiple myeloma
Prognostic factor

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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009

doi:

10.1007/s12032-009-9403-9

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OLC2102603725