The prognostic impact of pretreatment anemia in patients with gastric cancer and nonhypoalbuminemia undergoing curative resection: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The influence of pretreatment anemia on the prognosis of patients with advanced gastric cancer (GC) remains controversial. We retrospectively examined the impact of pretreatment anemia on the overall survival (OS) of patients with GC with nonhypoalbuminemia undergoing curative resection.

Methods

The clinicopathological data of 2,916 patients with advanced GC who received a radical gastrectomy from 1994 to 2015 were analyzed. The patients were divided into two subgroups by hemoglobin level, <120 and ≥120 g/L. OS was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method, and a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify the independent prognostic factor.

Results

A total of 1,099 patients were included in our study. The median follow-up duration was 43 (

SUBMITTER: Jiang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339834 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature