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JOURNAL ARTICLE
VALIDATION STUDY
Validation of pretreatment neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic factor in a European cohort of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma.
BJU International 2014 September
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential prognostic significance of the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in a large European cohort of patients with upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma (UUT-UCC).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated data from 202 consecutive patients with non-metastatic upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma (UUT-UCC), who underwent surgery between 1990 and 2012 at a single tertiary academic centre. Patients' cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) were assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method. To evaluate the independent prognostic significance of the NLR, multivariate proportional Cox regression models were applied for both endpoints.
RESULTS: A higher NLR was significantly associated with shorter CSS (P = 0.002, log-rank test), as well as with shorter OS (P < 0.001, log-rank test). Multivariate analysis identified a high NLR as an independent prognostic factor for patients' CSS (hazard ratio 2.72, 95% CI 1.25-5.93, P = 0.012), and OS (hazard ratio 2.48, 95% CI 1.31-4.70, P = 0.005).
CONCLUSIONS: In the present cohort, patients with a high preoperative NLR had higher cancer-specific and overall mortality after radical surgery for UUT-UCC, compared with those with a low preoperative NLR. This easily identifiable laboratory measure should be considered as an additional prognostic factor in UUT-UCC in future.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated data from 202 consecutive patients with non-metastatic upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma (UUT-UCC), who underwent surgery between 1990 and 2012 at a single tertiary academic centre. Patients' cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) were assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method. To evaluate the independent prognostic significance of the NLR, multivariate proportional Cox regression models were applied for both endpoints.
RESULTS: A higher NLR was significantly associated with shorter CSS (P = 0.002, log-rank test), as well as with shorter OS (P < 0.001, log-rank test). Multivariate analysis identified a high NLR as an independent prognostic factor for patients' CSS (hazard ratio 2.72, 95% CI 1.25-5.93, P = 0.012), and OS (hazard ratio 2.48, 95% CI 1.31-4.70, P = 0.005).
CONCLUSIONS: In the present cohort, patients with a high preoperative NLR had higher cancer-specific and overall mortality after radical surgery for UUT-UCC, compared with those with a low preoperative NLR. This easily identifiable laboratory measure should be considered as an additional prognostic factor in UUT-UCC in future.
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