C-reactive protein/albumin ratio as prognostic score in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
10.5125/jkaoms.2016.42.5.243
- Author:
Heung Chul PARK
1
;
Moon Young KIM
;
Chul Hwan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. kimchoms@dankook.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Squamous cell carcinoma;
C-reactive protein;
Albumin
- MeSH:
C-Reactive Protein;
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell*;
Epithelial Cells*;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Lymph Nodes;
Multivariate Analysis;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Nutrition Assessment;
Prognosis;
Retrospective Studies;
ROC Curve;
Survival Rate
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
2016;42(5):243-250
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Many studies have examined histopathological factors and various prognostic scores related to inflammation to predict outcomes. Here, we examined the prognostic value of the C-reactive protein/albumin (CRP/alb) ratio in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 40 patients with OSCC. Using univariate and multivariate analyses, we focused on the correlation of the CRP/alb ratio with clinicopathological characteristics and with overall survival. We then compared five inflammation-based prognostic scores, CRP/alb ratio, modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and prognostic nutritional index (PNI), based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. RESULTS: The optimal cut-off value for the CRP/alb ratio was 0.085. The group with a high CRP/alb ratio had a high TNM clinical stage (P=0.002) and larger primary tumors (P=0.029), with statistically significant differences in lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis. In addition, when the CRP/alb ratio was high, multivariate analysis showed a lower survival rate (P=0.002; hazard ratio=6.078), and the ROC curve showed more outstanding discriminatory ability regarding overall survival compared to other inflammation-based prognostic scores. CONCLUSION: The CRP/alb ratio can be an independent prognostic factor when predicting prognosis in OSCC and has good prognostic ability.
