Association Between Insulin-like Growth Factor-2 Expression and Prognosis after Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization and Octreotide in Patients with Hepatocellar Carcinoma

作者：Xiong, Zheng-Ping; Huang, Fang^*; Lu, Meng-Hou

来源：Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2012, 13(7): 3191-3194.

DOI：10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.7.3191

• Octreotide
• IICC
• IGF-2
• TACE
• metastasis
• prognosis

Objective: To investigate the association between the change of IGF-2 level in serum after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression, especially in relation to metastasis. Methods: IGF-2 in serum was measured by quantitative sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assaybefore, 3 days and 4 weeks after TACE in 60 patients with HCC. The occurrence of HCC metastasis was also evaluated, 3 months after TACE. Results: (I) The average serum level of IGF-2 in the 60 patients with HCC was 136.5 +/- 87.3 pg/ml; (2) A tendency for increase was observed with heterogenous uptake of octreotide and portal vein thrombosis. Metastatic foci were found in 37/38 patients in the group with IGF-2 increasing (97.0%), in contrast to 3/22 (13.6%) patients with IGF-2 decrease. Conclusion: The increase of IGF-2 level in serum appears to be associated with the occurrence of metastatic HCC after TACE and chemotherapy.

• 出版日期2012
• 单位湖南省肿瘤医院; 中南大学