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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
versión impresa ISSN 1814-5469versión On-line ISSN 2308-0531
Resumen
HUAMAN, Manuel O. et al. Albumin and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as predictors of tumor stage in patients with gastric cancer. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.2, pp.268-275. ISSN 1814-5469. http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v20i2.2936.
Introduction
: Gastric cancer is a public health problem worldwide. Objective: To determine the association between albumin, inflammatory markers and tumor stage of gastric cancer patients in a National Hospital of Peru.
Methods
: An observational, analytical and retrospective study corresponding to the 2017 and 2018 years. The frequencies and distribution of the variables were evaluated: clinical stage according to the AJCC 2018, albumin as a nutrition indicator and Neutrophil Lymphocyte-Ratio (NLR) as an indicator of inflammatory and immune response. The value 2.44 was taken as the cut-off point for high NLR.
Results
: Were included 96 patients. The average age was 63.5 years ± 12.8, the male: female ratio was 1: 1, 80.2% came from the region of the coast of Peru; 70.8% had an advanced clinical stage and 85.4% corresponded to tumor size T3 and T4. 64% presented undifferentiated histological grade and 30.1 showed evidence of metastasis. The mean NLR was 2.94 ± 1.7, and albumin was 3.64 g / dl ± 0.6. In the bivariate analysis, a significant association was found between the high level of NLR and the advanced clinical stage (OR: 4.46 95% CI 1.65-13.27 p <0.001), and between low levels of serum albumin with advanced stage (OR: 13.02 95% CI 1.78-563.36 p <0.005).
Conclusion
: A late diagnosis was found in 70% of the patients. High NLR as an indicator of inflammatory response and low albumin as an indicator of nutrition are predictors of advanced clinical stage in gastric cancer.
Palabras clave : neoplasms; Neoplasm staging; Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (source: MeSH NLM).; Stomach Neoplasms; Neoplasm Staging; Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio. (source: MeSH; NLM.