Objective: To investigate the predictive value of serum serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1(SGK1), 14,15-dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid(14,15-DHET), and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio(MLR) for chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive(Her2+) metastatic breast cancer(mBC).Methods: A total of 165 consecutive patients with Her2+ mBC admitted to Cangzhou People's Hospital between September 2020 and April 2024 were enrolled as the Her2+ cohort. Based on the occurrence of post-chemotherapy cardiotoxicity, patients were subdivided into a cardiotoxicity group(n=41) and a non-cardiotoxicity group(n=124). An additional 165 healthy volunteers were recruited as the normal control(NC) group. Serum levels of SGK1 and 14,15-DHET, as well as MLR, were detected and compared across groups. Multivariate Logistic regression was constructed to identify independent risk factors for cardiotoxicity. Receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve analysis was performed to assess the predictive performance of SGK1, 14,15-DHET, and MLR alone and in combination. Internal validation was implemented via 1 000 bootstrap resamples, and the Hosmer-Lemeshow test was applied to evaluate model calibration. Decision curve analysis(DCA) and clinical impact curves were further generated to quantify the net clinical benefit of the predictive model. Results: Serum SGK1, 14,15-DHET, and MLR levels were significantly lower in the NC group relative to the Her2+ cohort(all P<0.05). Compared with the non-cardiotoxicity subgroup, patients who developed cardiotoxicity exhibited markedly elevated serum creatine kinase-MB, SGK1, 14,15-DHET, and MLR levels(all P<0.05). Multivariate analysis confirmed that increased SGK1, 14,15-DHET, and MLR were independent risk factors for chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity(all P<0.05). The combined panel of SGK1, 14,15-DHET, and MLR yielded an area under the curve(AUC) of 0.961 for predicting cardiotoxicity, which was significantly higher than the AUC values of individual biomarkers(0.805, 0.818, and 0.837, respectively; all P<0.05). The combined model showed low overfitting risk and favorable generalizability. DCA demonstrated sustained superior net clinical benefit across a broad risk threshold range of 0.02-0.97. At high-risk thresholds(>0.5), the number of predicted positive cases closely matched the actual incidence of cardiotoxicity. Conclusion: Elevated serum SGK1, 14,15-DHET, and MLR are key circulating biomarkers indicative of chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity in patients with Her2+ mBC. The combined detection of these three indicators provides robust early predictive performance for chemotherapy-induced cardiac injury in this patient population. |
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