Risk factors for disseminated intravascular coagulation in patients with lung cancer

Autor: Hideyuki Satoh, Yasutsugu Fukushima, Naruo Yoshida, Hiroyoshi Watanabe, Kei Sugitate, Sadaaki Shiromori, Kentaro Nakano, Kumiya Sugiyama, Ryosuke Souma, Hirokuni Hirata, Tomoshige Wakayama, Shingo Tokita, Hajime Arifuku, Kenya Koyama, Masamitsu Tatewaki
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Thoracic Cancer. 9:931-938
ISSN: 1759-7706
Popis: BACKGROUND The mortality rate from disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is higher in patients with lung cancer than in non-lung cancer patients. Moreover, the prevalence of DIC varies among the pathologic types of lung cancer. This study analyzed the relationship between coagulation factors and the pathologic types of lung cancer. METHODS Twenty-six patients with progressive, inoperable stage IIB or higher lung cancer (20 men, 6 women; mean age 71 years; 11 Adeno, 10 squamous cell carcinoma, and 5 small cell carcinoma) and five healthy volunteers without respiratory disease (3 men, 2 women; mean age 72 years) were enrolled in the study. Blood samples were collected at lung cancer diagnosis, before treatment. RESULTS White blood cell count, platelet count, serum C-reactive protein, fibrin/fibrinogen degradation products, fibrinogen, thrombin-antithrombin complex, and D-dimer levels differed significantly between lung cancer patients and the control group, but not among the pathologic types of lung cancer. Thrombomodulin levels were significantly higher in patients with Adeno and squamous cell carcinoma than in those with small cell carcinoma (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively). Antithrombin levels were significantly lower in patients with squamous cell carcinoma than in those with Adeno (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Coagulation disorders may develop secondary to chronic inflammation in patients with progressive lung cancer. DIC in lung cancer may be attributed to changes in anticoagulation factors, such as thrombomodulin and antithrombin, but not in other coagulation factors.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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