Secondary pneumothorax as a potential marker of apatinib efficacy in osteosarcoma: a multicenter analysis

Autor: Po Li, Zhichao Tian, Jiaqiang Wang, Weitao Yao, Huimin Liu, Yao Zhao, Hongyan Ren, Peng Zhang, Fan Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Anti-Cancer Drugs
ISSN: 0959-4973
DOI: 10.1097/cad.0000000000001016
Popis: This study was performed to investigate pneumothorax characteristics and association with clinical outcomes in patients with osteosarcoma treated with apatinib. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of osteosarcoma patients treated with apatinib between January 2016 and April 2020 at three institutions. We evaluated the prevalence, healing time, recurrence, severity, clinical management, and prognosis of pneumothorax in these patients. A total of 54 osteosarcoma patients who received apatinib treatment were enrolled in this study. Among them, 14 patients had pneumothorax. There were significant differences between the patients with and without pneumothorax with regard to the cavitating rate of lung metastases (92.86 vs. 32.50%, respectively, P
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