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Prognostic Value of Systemic Inflammatory Response in Lymph Node-Negative Colorectal Cancer
Yasuhiro Takano1, Akihito Kubota2, Wataru Kai1
1Department of Surgery, Tokyo Generel Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Background:
The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of systematic inflammatory response in patients with lymph node-negative colorectal cancer.
Methods:
We retrospectively investigated 245 patients with lymph node-negative colorectal cancer who underwent curative resection and evaluated the prognostic impact of systematic inflammatory response, which was represented by neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), prognostic nutritional index (PNI), and C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR). Then, the prognostic significance of the systematic inflammatory response on survival was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method in patients selected by propensity score matching (PSM) analysis.
Results:
In the multivariate analysis, CAR ≥ .081 (P = .004) was independent predictors of disease-free survival, while American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status ≥3 (P = .049) and CAR ≥ .081 (P < .001) were independent predictors of overall survival. By PSM analysis, PSM-high-CAR was significantly associated with worse disease-free survival (P = .043) and overall survival (P = .041) in patients with lymph node-negative colorectal cancer.
Conclusions:
C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio may be a significant indicator of poor long-term outcomes in patients with lymph node-negative colorectal cancer.
