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Quantitation of Intra-peritoneal Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Published on: July 18, 2016
Preoperative low hematocrit is an adverse prognostic biomarker in ovarian cancer
Junchen Chen1,2, Yi Li3,4, Heng Cui5,6
1Center of Gynecologic Oncology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Objective:
The study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of preoperative hematocrit (HCT) on the survival of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients.
Methods:
Patients who underwent primary debulking surgery (PDS) in our institution, from January 2010 to December 2015, were enrolled. The preoperative HCT, hemoglobin (Hb), tumor stage, ascites volume, age, albumin, BMI, ASA score, diabetes and other factors were collected and analyzed to find the risk factors for poor prognosis of EOC patients using Cox regression. Survival analysis was conducted with Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test.
Results:
192 patients met the inclusion criteria. HCT < 35% (P = 0.031, HR: 1.715, 95% CI 1.050-2.802) was an independent risk factor for poor overall survival in patients. The mean survival time was 83.7 months in patients with preoperative HCT ≥ 35% and 61.7 months in patients with HCT < 35% (P = 0.002). Patients with low HCT (< 35%) had a poor prognosis compared with patients with normal HCT, specifically in the patients of stage III/IV, age ≥ 65 years, BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m2, ascites volume ≤ 500 mL, ASA score < 3, albumin ≥ 35 g/L and nondiabetic. Low HCT was more likely to occur in patients with advanced stage (III/IV), anemia (Hb < 110 g/mL), low albumin (< 35 g/L), high ASA score (≥ 3) and platelet > 400 × 109/L.
Conclusions:
Preoperative low HCT was a valuable predictor for EOC patients' poor prognosis, specifically in obese, nondiabetic, elder, advanced stage but having relatively good performance status patients.
