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Pretreatment platelet-lymphocyte ratio is an independent predictor of cervical cancer recurrence following concurrent chemoradiation therapy

  • Authors:
    • Keiichiro Nakamura
    • Takeshi Nishida
    • Tomoko Haruma
    • Junko Haraga
    • Chiaki Omichi
    • Chikako Ogawa
    • Tomoyuki Kusumoto
    • Noriko Seki
    • Hisashi Masuyama
    • Yuji Hiramatsu
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  • Published online on: July 1, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.595
  • Pages: 1001-1006
  • Copyright: © Nakamura et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to identify the correlations between inflammation markers such as neutrophil‑lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet‑lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and C‑reactive protein (CRP) and the prognosis in patients with recurrent cervical cancer. The associations among NLR, PLR and CRP and clinical characteristics and prognosis were examined in 32 patients receiving chemotherapy with recurrent cervical cancer following concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT). The patient median survival time was 198 days (range, 42‑1,022 days). Pretreatment NLR and PLR were significantly correlated with the recurrence of cervical cancer following CCRT (R=‑0.538, P=0.002; and R=‑0.542, P=0.001, respectively). Pretreatment PLR >322.0 was significantly associated with a poor prognosis for recurrent cervical cancer following CCRT by univariate and multivariate analyses (P=0.015 and P=0.029). These findings indicate that pretreatment PLR is an important predictor of prognosis in patients with recurrent cervical cancer following CCRT.
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Nakamura K, Nishida T, Haruma T, Haraga J, Omichi C, Ogawa C, Kusumoto T, Seki N, Masuyama H, Hiramatsu Y, Hiramatsu Y, et al: Pretreatment platelet-lymphocyte ratio is an independent predictor of cervical cancer recurrence following concurrent chemoradiation therapy. Mol Clin Oncol 3: 1001-1006, 2015
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Nakamura, K., Nishida, T., Haruma, T., Haraga, J., Omichi, C., Ogawa, C. ... Hiramatsu, Y. (2015). Pretreatment platelet-lymphocyte ratio is an independent predictor of cervical cancer recurrence following concurrent chemoradiation therapy. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 3, 1001-1006. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.595
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Nakamura, K., Nishida, T., Haruma, T., Haraga, J., Omichi, C., Ogawa, C., Kusumoto, T., Seki, N., Masuyama, H., Hiramatsu, Y."Pretreatment platelet-lymphocyte ratio is an independent predictor of cervical cancer recurrence following concurrent chemoradiation therapy". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 3.5 (2015): 1001-1006.
Chicago
Nakamura, K., Nishida, T., Haruma, T., Haraga, J., Omichi, C., Ogawa, C., Kusumoto, T., Seki, N., Masuyama, H., Hiramatsu, Y."Pretreatment platelet-lymphocyte ratio is an independent predictor of cervical cancer recurrence following concurrent chemoradiation therapy". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 3, no. 5 (2015): 1001-1006. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.595