Prognostic value of the C-reactive protein/Albumin Ratio (CAR) in patients with operable soft tissue sarcoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The preoperative C-reactive protein/Albumin ratio (CAR) is valuable for predicting the prognosis of patients with various types of cancers. The aim of the present study is to investigate the prognostic value of the preoperative CAR and compare it with other systemic inflammatory response markers in patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS).

Methods

This retrospective study included 206 patients with STS. The optimal cutoff value of the CAR was determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The impact of the CAR and other clinicopathological features on overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) was evaluated using univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses. Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were used to compare groups classified by

SUBMITTER: Liang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5716719 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature