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Pretreatment C-reactive protein/albumin ratio for predicting overall survival in pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis.
Zang, Ye; Fan, Yu; Gao, Zhenjun.
Afiliação
  • Zang Y; Department of Oncology, the People's Hospital of Danyang, Affiliated Danyang Hospital of Nantong University, Danyang.
  • Fan Y; Cancer Institute, the Affiliated People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu.
  • Gao Z; Department of Gastroenterology, Qingpu Branch of Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Medicine (Baltimore) ; 99(23): e20595, 2020 Jun 05.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32502031
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Inconsistent findings have been reported regarding the association of C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) with survival outcome in patients with pancreatic cancer. We conducted the current meta-analysis to assess the prognostic utility of elevated baseline CAR in predicting overall survival (OS) in pancreatic cancer patients.

METHODS:

A comprehensively literature search was performed in the PubMed and Embase database until February 10, 2019. Studies evaluating the association between pretreatment CAR and OS among pancreatic cancer were selected. Study quality was evaluated by using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

RESULTS:

Nine retrospective studies involving 1534 pancreatic cancer patients were identified. A meta-analysis using a random-effect model indicated that elevated CAR was associated with poor OS (hazard ratio 1.98; 95% confidence interval 1.58-2.48). Subgroup analysis produced similar prognostic values for OS in different geographical regions, sample sizes, thresholds of CAR, treating methods, and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale points.

CONCLUSION:

Elevated pretreatment CAR may independently predict poor OS in pancreatic cancer patients. Pretreatment CAR is possibly a simple and cost-effective blood-derived indicator for predicting survival outcome in patients with pancreatic cancer.
Assuntos

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Neoplasias Pancreáticas / Proteína C-Reativa / Albumina Sérica Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Neoplasias Pancreáticas / Proteína C-Reativa / Albumina Sérica Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article