Initial Hyperleukocytosis and Neutrophilia in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Incidence and Prognostic Impact

Zhen Su, Yan-Ping Mao, Pu-Yun OuYang, Jie Tang and Fang-Yun Xie

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: Background: This study aimed to evaluate initial hyperleukocytosis and neutrophilia as prognostic indicators in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 5,854 patients identified from a cohort of 6,035 patients diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma was performed with initial hyperleukocytosis and neutrophilia analyzed as prognostic factors. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards analyses were applied. Results: Hyperleukocytosis was observed in 508 patients (8.7%). Multivariate analysis showed that initial hyperleukocytosis was an independent predictor of death (HR 1.40, 95%CI 1.15–1.70, p = 0.001), progression (HR 1.25, 95%CI 1.06–1.47, p = 0.007) and, marginally, distant metastasis (HR 1.21, 95%CI 0.97–1.52, p = 0.088). Neutrophilia was also an independent predictor of death (HR 1.46, 95%CI 1.18–1.81, p = 0.001), progression (HR 1.31, 95%CI 1.10–1.56, p = 0.003), and distant metastasis (HR 1.29, 95%CI 1.02–1.65, p = 0.036), after adjusting for prognostic factors and excluding hyperleukocytosis. Conclusion: Initial hyperleukocytosis and neutrophilia were independent, poor prognostic factors and may be convenient and useful biological markers for survival of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Date: 2015
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