Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (아시아태평양암예방학회)
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Assessment of Prognostic Value of "Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio" and "Prognostic Nutritional Index" as a Sytemic Inflammatory Marker in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

  • Kos, Fahriye Tugba (Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Duzce University) ;
  • Hocazade, Cemil (Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital) ;
  • Kos, Mehmet (Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Duzce University) ;
  • Uncu, Dogan (Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital) ;
  • Karakas, Esra (Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital) ;
  • Dogan, Mutlu (Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital) ;
  • Uncu, Hikmet Gulsen (Turkish Drug & Medical Device Institution) ;
  • Ozdemir, Nuriye (Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital) ;
  • Zengin, Nurullah (Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital)
  • Published : 2015.05.18
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Abstract

Background: Systemic inflammatory response was shown to play an important role in development and progression of many cancer types and different inflammation-based indices were used for determining prognosis. We aimed to investigate the prognostic effects of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and Methods: NSCLC patients diagnosed in our institution were retrospectively reviewed. Demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics were recorded. NLR and PNI was calculated before the application of any treatment. Results: A total of 138 patients were included in the study. Patients were divided into two groups according to NLR (<3.24 or ${\geq}3.24$) and PNI (<49.5 or ${\geq}49.5$). While median overall survival was 37.0 (95% CI 17.5-56.5) months in the group with low NLR, it was calculated as 10.0 (95%CI 5.0-15.0) months in the group with high NLR (p<0.0001). While median overall survival was 7.0 (95%CI 3.5-10.5) months in the group with low PNI, it was calculated as 33.0 (95% CI 15.5-50.4) months in the group with high PNI (p<0.0001). Stage, NLR and PNI levels were evaluated as independent risk factors for overall survival for all patients in multivariate analysis (p<0.0001, p=0.04 and p<0.001, respectively). Conclusions: NLR (${\geq}3.24$) and PNI (<49.5) at diagnosis is an independent marker of poor outcome in patients with NSCLC. NLR and PNI is an easily measured, reproducible prognostic tests that could be considered in NSCLC patients.

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