TY - JOUR
T1 - Combination of Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio and Monocyte-Lymphocyte Ratio as a New Promising Prognostic Factor in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma With Large Tumor Sizes > 3 cm
AU - Jan, Hau Chern
AU - Hu, Che Yuan
AU - Yang, Wen Horng
AU - Ou, Chien Hui
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic values of pathological tumor size and preoperative blood-based inflammation biomarkers, including the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and monocyte-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). Materials and Methods: From 2007 to 2017, retrospective data of 449 patients with UTUC who underwent radical nephroureterectomy were assessed. Use of Kaplan-Meier and univariable/multivariable analyses evaluated the effect of preoperative blood-based inflammation biomarkers on overall (OS), cancer-specific (CSS), and progression-free survival (PFS) in pathological tumor sizes > and ≤3 cm. Results: Kaplan-Meier analyses showed that high-level NLR, PLR, or MLR had significantly shorter OS, CSS, and PFS for tumor sizes >3 cm (all P <.05), but not for ≤3 cm. For UTUCs with tumor sizes >3 cm, multivariable analyses showed simultaneously high-level PLR and MLR to be independent predicators of poor OS, CSS, and PFS (all P <.05). Moreover, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses revealed that the predictive accuracy of the combination of PLR and MLR for OS, CSS, and PFS with the area under the ROC curve of 0.836, 0.871, and 0.806, respectively, in tumor sizes >3 cm (all P <.001). Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that a high-level PLR and MLR can serve as an independent predicator of worse outcomes in UTUCs with tumor sizes >3 cm. This combination can clinically help enhance the prognostic discrimination of UTUCs with tumor sizes >3 cm and further may guide physicians in selecting patients for postoperatively systemic chemotherapy.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic values of pathological tumor size and preoperative blood-based inflammation biomarkers, including the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and monocyte-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). Materials and Methods: From 2007 to 2017, retrospective data of 449 patients with UTUC who underwent radical nephroureterectomy were assessed. Use of Kaplan-Meier and univariable/multivariable analyses evaluated the effect of preoperative blood-based inflammation biomarkers on overall (OS), cancer-specific (CSS), and progression-free survival (PFS) in pathological tumor sizes > and ≤3 cm. Results: Kaplan-Meier analyses showed that high-level NLR, PLR, or MLR had significantly shorter OS, CSS, and PFS for tumor sizes >3 cm (all P <.05), but not for ≤3 cm. For UTUCs with tumor sizes >3 cm, multivariable analyses showed simultaneously high-level PLR and MLR to be independent predicators of poor OS, CSS, and PFS (all P <.05). Moreover, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses revealed that the predictive accuracy of the combination of PLR and MLR for OS, CSS, and PFS with the area under the ROC curve of 0.836, 0.871, and 0.806, respectively, in tumor sizes >3 cm (all P <.001). Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that a high-level PLR and MLR can serve as an independent predicator of worse outcomes in UTUCs with tumor sizes >3 cm. This combination can clinically help enhance the prognostic discrimination of UTUCs with tumor sizes >3 cm and further may guide physicians in selecting patients for postoperatively systemic chemotherapy.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.12.008
DO - 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.12.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 32199741
AN - SCOPUS:85081965255
SN - 1558-7673
VL - 18
SP - e484-e500
JO - Clinical Genitourinary Cancer
JF - Clinical Genitourinary Cancer
IS - 4
ER -