The Efficacy of Bevacizumab in Ovarian Cancer and Its Influence on the Levels of Serum CA125, HE4, CEA and TPA

Journal: Journal of Clinical Medicine Research DOI: 10.32629/jcmr.v6i1.3674

Liqiang Han

First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030032, Shanxi, China

Abstract

This paper aims to study the virtue of bevacizumab in the therapy of epithelial ovarian cancer and its impact on the levels of blood serum carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA), human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Methods: To analyze the medical records of 60 patients with ovarian cancer who were hpspitalized in the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University from April 2023 to April 2024 retrospectively. The sick persons were randomly divided into two groups: observs (n=30) with controls (n=30) based on the seperate treatment drugs. The control sick persons were treated with the TC regimen of paclitaxel and carboplatin, while the observe sick persons were treated in combined treatment with bevacizumab. The treatment course was 6 cycles. The efficacy, immune function, and changes in serum CA125, HE4, CEA, and TPA levels were compared between the two seperate groups, and the occurrence of toxic side effects during the treatment period was recorded. Results: The total effective rate and immune function levels of the observes after treatment were higher than those of the control sick persons, and the levels of CA125, HE4, CEA, and TPA in the blood serum were lower than those of the control sick persons (P<0.05); there was statistically meaningless in the total incidence of toxic side effects between the observs with controls during the treatment period (P>0.05). Conclusion: Bevacizumab has a oustanding therapeutic effect on ovarian cancer, effectively improving immune function and reducing the expression of serum CA125, HE4, CEA and TPA.

Keywords

Ovarian cancer; Bevacizumab; Paclitaxel and carboplatin; Tumor markers; Tissue polypeptide antigen

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