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Modeling Oral-Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in 3D Organoids
Published on: December 23, 2022
Preoperative high c-reactive protein/albumin ratio is a poor prognostic factor of oral squamous cell carcinoma
Qiuju Wang1, Xiaoyu Song1, Yanzhen Zhao2
1Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science & Technology of China, Chengdu, PR China.
Abstract:
Aim: To explore whether c-reactive protein/albumin (CRP/Alb) ratio is a poor prognostic factor for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Patients & methods: Receiver-operating characteristic analysis was performed to evaluate the optimal cut-off value of CRP/Alb ratio in 240 patients with OSCC. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to plot the overall survival and disease-free survival curves. Cox proportional hazards model was used to implement univariate and multivariate analyses. Results: Preoperative high CRP/Alb ratio was associated with age, advanced stage, lymphatic metastasis, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (all p < 0.05). Elevated CRP/Alb ratio independently predicts worse overall survival and disease-free survival of patients with OSCC. Conclusion: Preoperative high CRP/Alb ratio was a poor independent prognostic marker of OSCC.
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