scholarly journals Pre-radiosurgery leucocyte ratios and modified glasgow prognostic score predict survival in non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases patients

Author(s):  
Anna Cho ◽  
Helena Untersteiner ◽  
Dorian Hirschmann ◽  
Fabian Fitschek ◽  
Christian Dorfer ◽  
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Abstract Introduction The predictive value of the pre-radiosurgery Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR), Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte Ratio (LMR) and the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) was assessed for the first time in a homogenous group of NSCLC brain metastaes (BM) patients. Methods We retrospectively evaluated 185 NSCLC-BM patients, who were treated with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GKRS). Patients with immunotherapy or targeted therapy were excluded. Routine laboratory parameters were reviewed within 14 days before GKRS1. Results Median survival after GKRS1 was significantly longer in patients with NLR < 5 (p < 0.001), PLR < 180 (p = 0.003) and LMR ≥ 4 (p = 0.023). The Cox regression model for the continuous metric values revealed that each increase in the NLR of 1 equaled an increase of 4.3% in risk of death (HR: 1.043; 95%CI = 1.020–1.067, p < 0.001); each increase in the PLR of 10 caused an increase of 1.3% in risk of death (HR: 1.013; 95%CI = 1.004–1.021; p = 0.003) and each increase in the LMR of 1 equaled a decrease of 20.5% in risk of death (HR: 0.795; 95%CI = 0.697–0.907; p = 0.001). Moreover, the mGPS group was a highly significant predictor for survival after GKRS1 (p < 0.001) with a HR of 2.501 (95%CI = 1.582–3.954; p < 0.001). NLR, PLR, LMR values and mGPS groups were validated as independent prognostic factors for risk of death after adjusting for sex, KPS, age and presence of extracranial metastases. Conclusion NLR, PLR, LMR and mGPS represent effective and simple tools to predict survival in NSCLC patients prior to radiosurgery for brain metastases.

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 593-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Chan ◽  
Connie Irene Diakos ◽  
David Chan ◽  
Anthony J Gill ◽  
Alexander Engel ◽  
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593 Background: The prognostic significance of systemic inflammatory markers in colorectal cancer (CRC) such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and modified Glasgow prognostic score (mGPS) have been well defined in literature. In addition, commonly utilized genetic markers such as combined BRAF-MMR status have also been found to be prognostic. Recent evidence suggests that the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) may hold prognostic utility in CRC. However the LMR has still not been clearly defined in either its clinical utility or in comparsion to other established biomarkers. Methods: Consecutive patients from the Northern Sydney Local Health District undergoing curative surgical resection for colorectal cancer from January 1998 to December 2012 were collated. Of the 3281 patients identified, 1623 patients with complete pre-operative blood counts, BRAF-MMR IHC and clinicopathologic data were further analysed. Variables were analysed in univariate and then a multivariate cox regression model using forwards conditional method looking for association with overall survival (OS). Results: In multivariate analysis of 1623 patients, elevated LMR was associated with better overall survival (OS) (HR 0.565, 95% CI: 0.475-0.672, P < 0.001) independent of age (P < 0.001), T stage (P < 0.001), N stage (P < 0.001) and grade (P = 0.049). Other biomarkers such as NLR, PLR and combined BRAF-MMR status were not significantly associated with OS. In multivariate subgroup analysis of 389 patients with available mGPS data, LMR remained the only independently prognostic biomarker (HR 0.620, 95% CI: 0.437-0.880, p = 0.007). Conclusions: The LMR is an independent predictor of OS in CRC patients undergoing curative resection. Furthermore, the LMR appears to be superior to previously established biomarkers.


Author(s):  
Anna Cho ◽  
Helena Untersteiner ◽  
Fabian Fitschek ◽  
Farjad Khalaveh ◽  
Philip Pruckner ◽  
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Abstract Purpose To investigate the clinical value of the inflammation based prognostic scores for patients with radiosurgically treated brain metastases (BM) originating from non-pulmonary primary tumor (PT). Methods A retrospective analysis of 340 BM patients of different PT origin (melanoma, breast, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary cancer) was performed. Pre-radiosurgical laboratory prognostic scores, such as the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), the Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR), Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte Ratio (LMR), and the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS), were investigated within 14 days before the first Gamma Knife radiosurgical treatment (GKRS1). Results In our study cohort, the estimated survival was significantly longer in patients with NLR < 5 (p < 0.001), LMR > 4 (p = 0.001) and in patients with a mGPS score of 0 (p < 0.001). Furthermore, univariate and multivariate Cox regression models revealed NLR ≥ 5, LMR < 4 and mGPS score ≥ 1 as independent prognostic factors for an increased risk of death even after adjusting for age, sex, KPS, extracranial metastases status, presence of neurological symptoms and treatment with immunotherapy (IT) or targeted therapy (TT). Conclusions Summarizing previously published and present data, pre-radiosurgical mGPS and NLR groups seem to be the most effective and simple independent prognostic factors to predict clinical outcome in radiosurgically treated BM patients.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 3594
Author(s):  
Simone Conci ◽  
Tommaso Campagnaro ◽  
Elisa Danese ◽  
Ezio Lombardo ◽  
Giulia Isa ◽  
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The relationship between immune-nutritional status and tumor growth; biological aggressiveness and survival, is still debated. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the prognostic performance of different inflammatory and immune-nutritional markers in patients who underwent surgery for biliary tract cancer (BTC). The prognostic role of the following inflammatory and immune-nutritional markers were investigated: Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS), Prognostic Index (PI), Neutrophil to Lymphocyte ratio (NLR), Platelet to Lymphocyte ratio (PLR), Lymphocyte to Monocyte ratio (LMR), Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI). A total of 282 patients undergoing surgery for BTC were included. According to Cox regression and ROC curves analysis for survival, LMR had the best prognostic performances, with hazard ratio (HR) of 1.656 (p = 0.005) and AUC of 0.652. Multivariable survival analysis identified the following independent prognostic factors: type of BTC (p = 0.002), T stage (p = 0.014), N stage (p < 0.001), histological grading (p = 0.045), and LMR (p = 0.025). Conversely, PNI was related to higher risk of severe morbidity (p < 0.001) and postoperative mortality (p = 0.005). In conclusion, LMR appears an independent prognostic factor of long-term survival, whilst PNI seems associated with worse short-term outcomes.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye Seon Kang ◽  
Ah Young Shin ◽  
Chang Dong Yeo ◽  
Sung Kyoung Kim ◽  
Chan Kwon Park ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: The Glasgow prognostic score (GPS) reflects the host’s systemic inflammatory response and is a validated prognostic factor in lung cancer. However, little is known about the prognostic role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with immunotherapy after platinum-based cytotoxic chemotherapy.Methods: This study used a lung cancer cohort of the Catholic Medical Center of Korea between January 2018 and September 2020. We included patients who were diagnosed with unresectable advanced stage NSCLC or recurrent disease after pulmonary resection and had received at least one regimen of platinum-based chemotherapy before the administration of immunotherapy. The prognostic value of the GPS was assessed in patients with NSCLC treated with anti-PD1 or anti-PD-L1 (pembrolizumab, nivolumab, or atezolizumab). The GPS was calculated using C-reactive protein and albumin concentrations within one week before starting anti-PD1 or anti-PD-L1 treatment. Results: A total of 78 patients with NSCLC treated with immunotherapy as second or further-line therapy after platinum-based chemotherapy were included in the study. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that higher GPS values were significant predictors of shorter immune-related progression-free survival (irPFS) (log-rank P < 0.001) and overall survival (OS) (log-rank P < 0.001). In the Cox regression multivariate analysis, the hazard ratios for irPFS were 0.249 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.084 – 0.739, P = 0.012) for PD-L1 expression ≥ 50% and 9.73 (95% CI: 2.931 – 32.298, P < 0.001) for a GPS of 2 relative to a GPS of 0. Older age (P = 0.033), lower PD-L1 expression (P = 0.036), and higher GPS values (P = 0.007) were independently associated with shorter OS.Conclusions: Higher GPS values were identified as a poor prognostic factor for OS and irPFS in NSCLC patients who received immunotherapy as second or further-line therapy after platinum-based chemotherapy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (Supplement_6) ◽  
pp. vi198-vi198
Author(s):  
Guanhua Deng ◽  
Lei Wen ◽  
zhaoming Zhou ◽  
Changguo Shan ◽  
Mingyao Lai ◽  
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Abstract PURPOSE Brain metastases (BMs) represent the most common adult intracranial malignancy. The prognosis of BMs is subject to many factors, i.e., the number, size and locations of the metastatic sites, tumor origins, pathologic types, gene mutation status, metastatic sites, and KPS etc. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) in brain metastases. METHODS A total of 480 patients diagnosed with brain metastases from a wide range of tumor origins, i.e., NSCLC, SCLC, breast cancer, melanoma, prostate, kidney, gastrointestinal cancer, cervical carcinoma, ovarian cancer, choriocarcinoma of uterus were retrospectively analyzed. Pre-radiotherapy NLR, PLR, and LMR were calculated as total neutrophil/lymphocyte, platelet/Lymphocyte, lymphocyte/monocyte, respectively. Survival rates were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Cox regression models were used to identify independent prognostic factors. RESULTS The median overall survival (OS) was 14.4 months [95%CI: 13.4-15.5]. The median overall survival after radiotherapy was significantly different between patients with NLR&lt; 4 and those with NLR≥4 (OS 16.3 mo. vs. 12.2 mo., P&lt; 0.0001). No significant difference was observed between PLR vs. OS, and LMR vs. OS (PLR&lt; 180: HR=1.221, P=0.240; LMR&lt; 4: HR=0.753, P=0.141). The Cox regression model for the continuous metric values revealed that the NLR increased every 1.0 was associated with additional 5.9% of fatal risk (HR: 1.059; 95%CI = 1.033–1.087, P&lt; 0.0001). NLR was validated as an independent prognostic factor for risk of death after adjusting for sex, age, and KPS. CONCLUSIONS We revealed pre-treatment NLR is an independent prognostic factor in patients with brain metastases for poor OS, independent of different tumor origins. The NLR warrants further studies using sub-group analysis and validation in external cohorts. Future studies in this parameter have a potential to facilitate more precise risk-stratifications to guide personalized treatment for BM.


Author(s):  
Nuttaradee Lojanapiwat ◽  
Md Rafiqul Islam ◽  
Martin Ridout ◽  
Sivakumar Subramaniam

Background: Accurate prognostication is essential in caring for palliative patients. Various prognostication tools have been validated in many settings in the past few years. Biomarkers of inflammation (albumin and C-reactive protein) are combined to calculate the modified Glasgow prognostic score (mGPS), which has been found to be a simple prognostic tool in this population. Objective: This retrospective cohort study was to evaluate mGPS as a prognostication tool for cancer patients admitted to an acute hospital in regional Australia. Methods: Adult cancer patients admitted to an acute Australian regional hospital during 2017 who had albumin and C-reactive protein (CRP) tested were included. The mGPS was calculated based on their admission values and discharge values. Based on their score (0-2), groups were compared using univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis for prognostication. Kaplan-Meier survival plots and median survival time from admission and discharge were constructed. Results: A total of 170 patient records were reviewed of which 95 had admission and discharge mGPS scores available for analysis. Of those, 86 had died at the time of data analysis. The median survival for admission mGPS 0, 1, 2 was 168,156 and 74 days. For discharge mGPS 0, 1, 2 medians were 168,119 and 70 days. On multi variate analysis admission mGPS 2 showed Hazard ratio of 2.29 (95% CI 1.16-4.56, p -0.02) and discharge mGPS 2 of 2.07 (95% CI 0.95-4.50, p value 0.07). Conclusions: In this study, mGPS was able to differentiate cancer patients into various prognostic groups. Further studies in regional acute hospitals could validate this prospectively with a multi-center larger sample size.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 7515-7515
Author(s):  
Gerard Zalcman ◽  
Guenaelle Levallet ◽  
Pierre Fouret ◽  
Martine Antoine ◽  
Elisabeth Brambilla ◽  
...  

7515 Background: IFCT-0002 trial compared two perioperative CT regimens, CDDP-Gemcitabine vs.CBDCA-Paclitaxel in 528 stage I-II NSCLC patients. Paraffin-embedded post-chemo specimens were collected in the 490 non-complete responder patients for tissue expression studies of DNA-repair proteins. Methods: Surgical specimens were processed for immunohistochemistry as previously published. Variables were studied as continuous variables. Cut-off values were validated by bootstrap. Multivariate backward Cox regressions were used to adjust for patients’ characteristics associated with the corresponding outcome at p<0.20 in univariate analysis. Discrimination of the proposed Cox models was estimated using the c-indexes corrected for over-optimism by a resampling procedure. Median follow-up was 72.0 months, 95%CI [69.7-73.5]. Results: ERCC1, MSH2, XRCC5/Ku80 and BRCA1 immunostainings were available in 413, 356, 396 and 221 specimens. Expressed as a continuous variable, only MSH2 staining score correlated with overall survival. XRCC5 showed no influence on survival. When dichotomised, low BRCA1 (under median value) and ERCC1 (ERCC1=0), while high MSH2 protein expression (over median value), adversely affected overall survival with respective adj. HRs of 1.56, 95%CI [1.05-2.32], p=0.028 ; 1.37 95%CI [1.01-1.86], p=0.042 and 1.53, 95%CI [1.12-2.09], p=0.007. No interaction was found between the attributed treatment and any of the 4 markers. High MSH2 and low ERCC1 variables were tested in 200 bootstrap multivariate Cox models and correlated with OS in respectively 87% and 78.5% (c-index=0.570), whereas stage predicted survival in only 49% of those theoretical samples. A prognostic score led to the definition of three groups of high-, intermediate- and low-risk of death with respective HRs of 2.83, 1.60 and 1. Median OS were respectively 28.3 months, 71.5 and not reached, 5-y survival rates were 34.2%, 54.8% and 66.3% (Log-Rank p<0.0001). Conclusions: With a 6-year median follow-up, a prognostic score derived from multivariate Cox regression, validated by bootstraping, accurately discriminates a sub-group with high risk of death according to tumor expression of MSH2 and ERCC1.


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