Peripheral Inflammation Markers of Chemosensitivity to Induction Chemotherapy in Hypopharyngeal Cancer Patients.
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec
; 81(2-3): 82-91, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Induction chemotherapy (ICT) has become an initial treatment for late-stage hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC); however, there are no data regarding ICT sensitivity for this population.OBJECTIVE:
This study investigated the predictive value of various inflammation markers for ICT responses in hypopharyngeal SCC.METHODS:
The data from 72 patients who received initial ICT treatment were obtained and associations between pretreatment inflammation markers and overall responses to ICT were calculated.RESULTS:
According to receiver operating characteristic curves, pretreatment lymphocyte count (PLC), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) achieved diagnostic accuracy for overall responses to ICT. These indicators were classified into two groups according to their cut-off values. Overall response rates were significantly higher in the low PLC (p < 0.01), high NLR (p = 0.035), and high PLR (p = 0.012) groups.CONCLUSION:
Our results showed that low PLC, high NLR, and high PLR are predictors of positive responses to ICT in hypopharyngeal SCC patients.Palavras-chave
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Plaquetas
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Linfócitos
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Neoplasias Hipofaríngeas
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Inflamação
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Neutrófilos
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Antineoplásicos
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article