Abstract:Objective To investigate the predictive value of pepsinogen 1 (PG1) in clinical prognosis of advanced gastric cancer (AGC) receiving different chemotherapy combined with targeted therapy. Methods From February 2011 to April 2013, 109 patients with AGC were divided into group A (n = 53) and group B (n = 56) according to FLO and SOX. The 3-year and 5-year survival rates were compared between two groups. The predictive value of PG1 on clinical prognosis was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Univariate and multivariate analysis were used to analyze the risk factors affecting AGC survival rate. Results The 3-year and 5-year survival rates of group A were 73.58% and 20.75% respectively, and those of group B were 75.00% and 21.43% respectively. There was no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05). The area under curve (AUC) of ROC in group A and group B predicted by PG1 was 0.869 and 0.717 respectively, and there was significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). The diagnostic breakpoints were 54.43ng/ml and 50.39ng/ml in FLO group and SOX group respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 79.3%, 85.4%, 80.9% and 86.1% in FLO group, and 78.3%, 82.9%, 83.0% and 80.1% in SOX group respectively, indicating that the predictive value of PG1 in group A was higher than that in group B (P < 0.05). The proportion of histologically poor differentiation and PG1<52.26 ng/ml in patients with death were higher than those in survivors (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that BMI>24 kg/ml (Ol ^ R=1.103, (95% CI: 1.038, 1.242)), histologically low differentiation (Ol ^ R=1.107, (95% CI: 1.025, 1.305)), fatty liver (Ol ^ R=1.034, (95% CI: 1.006, 1.323)) and PG1<52.26 ng/ml (Ol ^ R=1.216, (95% CI: 1.013, 1.407)) were independent risk factors for survival of AGC (P <0.05). Conclusions PG1 has a certain predictive value for clinical prognosis of AGC, and the prediction of FLO therapy is more significant.