Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Hiroshi Miyata, Keijiro Sugimura, Masaaki Motoori, Kei Asukai, Yoshitomo Yanagimoto, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Hirofumi Akita, Junichi Nishimura, Hiroshi Wada, Hidenori Takahashi, Masayoshi Yasui, Takeshi Omori, Masayuki Ohue, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Masahiko Yano
Background: The prognostic value of combination of C-reactive protein and prealbumin (CRP/PAlb) in esophageal cancer remains unclear. Methods: We enrolled 167 esophageal cancer patients who underwent curative esophagectomy. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine the prognostic significance of various markers, including CRP-to-albumin (CRP/Alb) ratio, modified Glasgow prognostic score, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and prognostic nutritional index...
February 2020: Yonago Acta Medica