Prognostic Value of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Anti-programmed Cell Death-1 Antibody
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Tatsunori Kiriu1, Masatsugu Yamamoto2, Tatsuya Nagano1
1Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Background/Aim:
Red cell distribution width (RDW) has been reported to reflect the inflammation and nutrition status and predict prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with anti-programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) antibody. The aim of this study was to analyze the correlation between RDW and prognosis of NSCLC patients.
Patients And Methods:
We collected retrospective data on consecutive NSCLC patients treated with anti-PD-1 antibody from December 2015 to April 2018 at the Kobe University Hospital, Japan.
Results:
Forty-seven patients were treated. Patients with RDW ≥16% had a significantly shorter OS (p=0.010) compared to those with RDW <16%. In multivariate analysis, RDW ≥16% was an independent factor predicting poor prognosis (p=0.019).
Conclusion:
Pre-treatment RDW ≥16% is an indicator of poor prognosis. RDW is an inexpensive, convenient, and routinely available marker of prognosis.
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