Momoko Fukuda, Toru Aoyama, Itaru Hashimoto, Yukio Maezawa, Aya Kato, Kentaro Hara, Keisuke Kazama, Keisuke Komori, Ayako Tamagawa, Haruhiko Cho, Tetsushi Ishiguro, Kenki Segami, Masato Nakazono, Kazuki Otani, Sho Sawazaki, Masakatsu Numata, Shinnosuke Kawahara, Takashi Oshima, Aya Saito, Norio Yukawa, Yasushi Rino
BACKGROUND/AIM: The albumin-globulin ratio (AGR) is a useful biomarker for predicting postoperative complications and a poor prognosis in patients with various types of cancer and can be evaluated without invasive testing or surgery. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the AGR in predicting the short- and long-term prognoses of patients with gastric cancer who underwent radical resection at our institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study is a retrospective cohort analysis in which eligible patients were selected from the medical records of patients who underwent radical resection for gastric cancer at Yokohama City University from 2000 to 2020 and their medical records were reviewed...
2024: In Vivo