External Validation of the Derived Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Prognostic Marker on a Large Cohort of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Joanna Szkandera, Michael Stotz, Florian Eisner, Gudrun Absenger, Tatjana Stojakovic, Hellmut Samonigg, Peter Kornprat, Renate Schaberl-Moser, Wael AlZoughbi, Anna Lena Ress, Friederike Sophia Seggewies, Armin Gerger, Gerald Hoefler and Martin Pichler

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 11, 1-5

Abstract: Background: With growing evidence on the role of inflammation in cancer biology, the presence of a systemic inflammatory response has been postulated as having prognostic significance in a wide range of cancer types. The derived neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (dNLR), which represents an easily determinable potential prognostic marker in daily practise and clinical trials, has never been externally validated in pancreatic cancer (PC) patients. Methods: Data from 474 consecutive PC patients, treated between 2004 and 2012 at a single centre, were evaluated retrospectively. Cancer-specific survival (CSS) was assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method. To evaluate the prognostic relevance of dNLR, univariate and multivariate Cox regression models were applied. Results: We calculated by ROC analysis a cut-off value of 2.3 for the dNLR to be ideal to discriminate between patients’ survival in the whole cohort. Kaplan-Meier curve reveals a dNLR≥2.3 as a factor for decreased CSS in PC patients (p

Date: 2013
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