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Poster display session: Basic science, Endocrine tumours, Gastrointestinal tumours - colorectal & non-colorectal, Head and neck cancer (excluding thyroid), Melanoma and other skin tumours, Neuroendocrine tumours, Thyroid cancer, Tumour biology & pathology

2735 - Significant prognostic markers related to lymphocytes in gastric cancer

Date

21 Oct 2018

Session

Poster display session: Basic science, Endocrine tumours, Gastrointestinal tumours - colorectal & non-colorectal, Head and neck cancer (excluding thyroid), Melanoma and other skin tumours, Neuroendocrine tumours, Thyroid cancer, Tumour biology & pathology

Topics

Tumour Immunology;  Translational Research

Tumour Site

Gastric Cancer

Presenters

Tadayoshi Hashimoto

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2018) 29 (suppl_8): viii205-viii270. 10.1093/annonc/mdy282

Authors

T. Hashimoto1, Y. Kurokawa2, T. Takahashi1, Y. Miyazaki1, K. Tanaka2, T. Makino2, M. Yamasaki2, K. Nakajima2, M. Mori2, Y. Doki2

Author affiliations

  • 1 Department Of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 565-0871 - Suita/JP
  • 2 Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 565-0871 - Suita/JP

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Abstract 2735

Background

There is growing consensus that host immunity, of which lymphocytes are well-known as an indicator, plays important roles against the development of malignancy. Based on this concept, many studies reported the prognostic value of preoperative markers related to lymphocytes. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of pre- and postoperative lymphocyte counts and representative markers related to lymphocytes in predicting overall survival (OS) in patients with gastric cancer.

Methods

A total of 177 consecutive patients who underwent curative gastrectomy for pStage II or III gastric cancer from 2010 to 2014 were enrolled. We evaluated pre- and postoperative lymphocytes and representative markers including neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and prognostic nutrition index (PNI). The optimal cutoff values of them were determined using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Prognostic value of them were analyzed using both Kaplan-Meier and multivariate Cox regression methods.

Results

Elevated pre- and postoperative lymphocytes, especially postoperative lymphocytes tended to be associated with better OS when classified into three groups [5-year OS: 46.2% in low-group (<1000), 62.5% in middle-group (1000-2000), and 80.9% in high-group (≥2000)]. ROC analysis revealed a higher predictive power for recurrence with the postoperative markers compared with preoperative ones. Postoperative lymphocyte (>1400), NLR (<2.3), LMR (>2.8), PLR (<150), and PNI (>47.0) were significantly associated with better OS (P < 0.001, P < 0.001, P = 0.007, P = 0.001, and P < 0.001, respectively). Of these markers, postoperative PNI (>47.0) was most associated with better OS on each pStage (P = 0.003 on pStage II, and P = 0.070 on pStage III). Multivariate analysis revealed that postoperative PNI (>47.0) and pN(-) were independent prognostic factors for OS.

Conclusions

Postoperative markers related to lymphocytes could have higher predictive power compared with preoperative ones, and postoperative PNI may be a better predictor of OS in patients with gastric cancer.

Clinical trial identification

Legal entity responsible for the study

The Supporting Center for Clinical research and Education (SCCRE).

Funding

Has not received any funding.

Editorial Acknowledgement

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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