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Published on: October 20, 2017
Do Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Endostatin Reflect Radiological Radiation-Induced Changes After
Jae-Gwang Lee1, Seong-Hyun Park1, Ki-Su Park1
1Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to analyze serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and endostatin in patients with cerebral treated by stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and to assess their association with radiological radiation-induced changes (RICs).
Methods:
To measure serum biomarkers, peripheral venous blood was collected before SRS and 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after SRS. To evaluate RICs, clinical and neuroimaging follow-up were performed concurrently every 6 months after SRS.
Results:
Twenty-seven patients were enrolled (11 in the group with RIC, 16 in the group without RIC). Serum VEGF and endostatin levels were positively correlated (P = 0.036, r = 0.405). In the group with RIC, the median serum VEGF 6 months after SRS (58.98 pg/mL) was significantly higher than that of the group without RIC (15.17 pg/mL) (P = 0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed that higher VEGF 6 months after SRS (P = 0.001, hazard ratio, 1.032; 95% confidence interval, 1.012-1.052) and lower endostatin 1 month after SRS (P = 0.007, hazard ratio, 0.964; 95% confidence interval, 0.935-0.993) were significantly associated with RICs.
Conclusions:
Our results show that serum levels of VEGF 6 months after SRS were higher in the group with RIC. Serum levels of VEGF 6 months and endostatin 1 month after SRS were associated with the radiological RICs. Thus, serial measurements of serum VEGF and endostatin after SRS might help predict RICs in patients with arteriovenous malformation treated by SRS.
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