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Clinical Feasibility of the Preoperative C-reactive Protein-albumin-lymphocyte Index to Predict Short- and Long-term Outcomes of Patients with Gastric Cancer

Abstract

Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is a major leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Systemic inflammation and the nutrition-based score are feasible prognostic markers for malignancies. Emerging evidence has also revealed the C-reactive protein-albumin-lymphocyte (CALLY) index to be a prognostic marker for several cancer types. However, its clinical significance to predict surgical and oncologic outcomes of patients with GC remains unclear.

Methods: We assessed the preoperative CALLY index in 426 patients with GC who received gastrectomy.

Results: A low preoperative CALLY index was significantly correlated to all well-established clinicopathologic factors for disease development, including an advanced T stage, the presence of venous invasion, lymphatic vessel invasion, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, and an advanced TNM stage. A low preoperative CALLY index was also an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (hazard ratio [HR], 2.64; 95 % CI, 1.66-4.2; P < .0001) and disease-free survival (HR, 1.76; 95 % CI, 1.01-3.05; P = .045). In addition, a low preoperative CALLY index was an independent predictive factor for postoperative surgical site infection (odds ratio, 2.64; 95 % CI, 1.42-4.89; P = .002).

Conclusion: The preoperative CALLY index is valuable for perioperative and oncologic management of patients with GC.

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