Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Dalpiaz, O; Krieger, D; Ehrlich, GC; Pohlmann, K; Stojakovic, T; Pummer, K; Zigeuner, R; Pichler, M; Hutterer, GC.
Validation of the Preoperative Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Prognostic Factor in a European Cohort of Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.
Urol Int. 2017; 98(3):320-327
Doi: 10.1159/000452109
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Dalpiaz Orietta
- Hutterer Georg
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Ehrlich Georg
- Pichler Martin
- Pummer Karl
- Stojakovic Tatjana
- Zigeuner Richard
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- This study is aimed at investigating the potential prognostic impact of the preoperatively assessed platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in a European cohort of patients with non-metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). Clinicopathological data from 180 consecutive non-metastatic UTUC patients, operated between 1990 and 2012 at a single tertiary academic center, were evaluated retrospectively. The preoperative PLR was assessed one day before surgery. Patients were categorized using a PLR cut-off value according to receiver-operating curve analysis. Cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) were assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Additionally, multivariate proportional Cox regression models were applied. In multivariate analyses, age at the date of surgery (<65 vs. ≥65 years, hazard ratio (HR) 1.827, 95% CI 1.051-3.175, p = 0.033), pathologic T-stage (pT1 vs. pT2-4, HR 1.873, 95% CI 1.066-3.292, p = 0.029), and pretreatment PLR (<150.0 vs. ≥150.0, HR 1.782, 95% CI 1.041-3.050, p = 0.035) were independent predictors of OS. Regarding CSS, pathologic T-stage (pT1 vs. pT2-4, HR 2.176, 95% CI 1.062-4.460, p = 0.034) and pretreatment PLR (<150.0 vs. ≥150.0, HR 2.026, 95% CI 1.045-3.930, p = 0.037) were considered independent predictors. In the cohort studied, patients with an elevated (≥150.0) preoperative PLR had a higher cancer-specific mortality and overall mortality after radical surgery for UTUC, compared with those with a low pretreatment PLR. © 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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- Blood Platelets - cytology
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- Europe -
- European Continental Ancestry Group -
- Female -
- Humans -
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate -
- Lymphocytes - cytology
- Male -
- Middle Aged -
- Multivariate Analysis -
- Neoplasm Metastasis -
- Preoperative Period -
- Prognosis -
- Proportional Hazards Models -
- ROC Curve -
- Retrospective Studies -
- Treatment Outcome -
- Urologic Neoplasms - surgery
- Urothelium - pathology
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- Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio
- Prognosis
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