# Interleukin-6 as a Predictive Factor of Pathological Response to FLOT Regimen Systemic Treatment in Locally Advanced Gastroesophageal Junction or Gastric Cancer Patients.

**Tumor:** Cáncer gástrico/UGE
**Autores:** Marcisz-Grzanka K, Kotowicz B, Nowak A et al
**Revista:** Cancers (Basel) (2024)
**PMID:** 38398148 | **PMCID:** PMC10887209
**DOI:** [10.3390/cancers16040757](https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16040757)
**Fuente:** PubMed Central (open access)

## Relevancia
Cáncer gástrico/UGE tratado con quimioterapia perioperatoria (FLOT/MAGIC) o inmunoterapia: documenta downstaging ganglionar, valor pronóstico de ypN0 y rendimiento ganglionar tras NAC. Comparable al paradigma mamario: ypN0 tras quimioterapia neoadyuvante es marcador pronóstico fuerte y guía la linfadenectomía D2.

## Abstract
Perioperative treatment is a gold standard in locally advanced gastric cancer or GEJ cancer in the Western population. Unfortunately, the response rate after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) remains limited. Moreover, there are currently no biomarkers enabling an individual prediction of therapeutic efficacy. The aim of this study was the identification of serum biomarkers of early response to NAC.

We conducted this prospective study in the MSCNRIO in Warsaw, Poland. A total of 71 patients and 15 healthy volunteers gave informed consent. Complete blood count, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carcinoma antigen 125 (CA125), carcinoma antigen 19.9 (CA19.9), and fibrinogen (F) were measured at baseline and before every cycle. Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and interleukin-1&#x3b2; (IL-1&#x3b2;), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and interleukin-10 (IL-10) were measured in a pilot group of 40 patients at baseline and before cycle two (C2) and cycle three (C3).

Of all the measured parameters, only the IL-6 serum level was statistically significant. The IL-6 level before C2 of chemotherapy was significantly decreased in the complete pathological response (pCR) vs. the non-pCR group (3.71 pg/mL vs. 7.63 pg/mL,= 0.004). In all patients with an IL-6 level below 5.0 pg/mL in C2, tumour regression TRG1a/1b according to the Becker classification and ypN0 were detected in postoperative histopathological specimens. The IL-6 level before C1 of chemotherapy was significantly elevated in ypN+ vs. ypN0 (7.69 pg/mL vs. 2.89 pg/mL,= 0.022).

The trial showed that an elevated level of IL-6 prior to treatment and C2 might be a predictor of pathological response to NAC.

## Acceso
Disponible en PMC: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10887209/

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*Datos de PubMed. Citar: doi 10.3390/cancers16040757*
