Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (아시아태평양암예방학회)
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Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer With or Without Bevacizumab: Can the Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio Predict the Efficiency of Bevacizumab?

  • Dirican, Ahmet (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Varol, Umut (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Kucukzeybek, Yuksel (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Alacacioglu, Ahmet (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Erten, Cigdem (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Somali, Isil (Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Dokuz Eylul University) ;
  • Can, Alper (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Demir, Lutfiye (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Bayoglu, Ibrahim Vedat (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Akyol, Murat (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Yildiz, Yasar (Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Koyuncu, Betul (Department of Internal Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Coban, Eyup (Department of Internal Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Tarhan, Mustafa Oktay (Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Dokuz Eylul University)
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the predictive value of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) to better clarify which patient groups will benefit the most from particular treatments like bevacizumab. Materials and Methods: A total of 245 treatment-naive metastatic colorectal cancern (mCRC) patients were retrospectively enrolled and divided into 2 groups: 145 group A patients were treated with chemotherapy in combination with bevacizumab, and 100 group B patients were treated as above without bevacizumab. Results: Group A patients had better median overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) (24.0 and 9.0 months) than group B patients (20 and 6.0 months) (p=0.033; p=0.015). In patients with low NLR, OS and PFS were significantly longer in group A patients (27 vs 18 months, p=0.001; 11 vs 7 months, p=0.017). Conclusions: We conclude that NLR, a basal cancer related inflammation marker, is associated with the resistance to bevacizumab-based treatments in mCRC patients.

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