A prognostic model to predict survival in stage III colon cancer patients based on histological grade, preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level and the neutrophil lymphocyte ratio

BACKGROUND: Stage III colon cancer patients demonstrate diverse clinical outcomes. The aim of this study was to develop a prognostic model in order to better predict their survival.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 2004 to 2010, 548 patients were retrospectively analyzed, among whom 328 were defined as the study group and the remaining 220 served as a validation group. Clinico-pathologic features, including age, gender, histological grade, T stage, number of positive lymph nodes, number of harvest lymph nodes, pretreatment carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels and pretreatment neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), were collected. Kaplan-Meier survival curves were used to detect prognostic factors and multivariate analysis was applied to identify independent examples on which to develop a prognostic model. Finally, the model was further validated with the validation group.

RESULTS: Histological grade (p=0.002), T stage (p=0.011), number of positive lymph nodes (p=0.003), number of harvested lymph nodes (p=0.020), CEA (p=0.005), and NLR (p<0.001) were found as prognostic factors while histological grade [RR(relative risk):0.632, 95%CI (Confidence interval) 0.405~0.985, p=0.043], CEA (RR:0.644, 95%CI:0.431~0.964, p=0.033) and NLR (RR:0.384, 95%CI:0.255~0.580, p<0.001) levels were independent. The prognostic model based on these three factors was able to classify patients into high risk, intermediate and low risk groups (p<0.001), both in study and validation groups.

CONCLUSIONS: Histological grade, pretreatment CEA and NLR levels are independent prognostic factors in stage III colon cancer patients. A prognostic model based on these factors merits attention in future clinical practice.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 16(2015), 2 vom: 15., Seite 747-51

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wuxiao, Zhi-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Hai-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ke-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiao-Qin [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Xin-Bao [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Yan-Da [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Zhong-Jun [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.12.2015

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM246264888