Predictive value of inflammatory markers in gastric cancer

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 552 - 556, 27.03.2023

Salim İlksen Başçeken , Deniz Tikici

https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1230078

Abstract

Aim: Many recent studies are increasingly shedding light on the nature of the relationship between cancer and inflammation. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) platelet/neutrophil ratio (PNR), and Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) are proinflammatory markers, and their prognostic importance has been investigated in many solid cancers. In this study, we discussed the association of these derivative inflammatory markers, obtained from a cheap and simple peripheral blood test, with clinicopathologic variables in patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Material and Method: The retrospective database of a total of 148 patients who were operated for gastric cancer in the Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital Department of Surgery was analyzed. All blood results and pathology reports of the patients were reviewed retrospectively. Demographic characteristics of the patients and pathological features of the tumor were extracted from the database. NLR, PLR, PNR and MPV values were calculated from peripheral blood cell counts. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24.0.
Results: PNR and MPV values were statistically significant according to N and T stage of the tumor, respectively (p=0.035, p=0.011). In MPV, this difference was statistically observed between T1 and T2 tumors (p=0.029). PLR and NLR values did not show a significant difference according to the size of the tumor (p>.05).
Conclusion: MPV values are significantly associated with tumor T stage. PNR values are significantly associated with tumor N stage. However, the clinical implications and the added value to clinical practice require further research.

Keywords

Inflammatory marker, Gastric cancer, NLR, PLR, T stage

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