Prognostic role of pretreatment platelet to lymphocyte ratio in urologic cancer

Jianfeng Wang; Yang Liu; Naiwen Zhang; Xuejie Li; Peng Xin; Jianbin Bi; Chuize Kong

doi:10.18632/oncotarget.20147

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Prognostic role of pretreatment platelet to lymphocyte ratio in urologic cancer

Jianfeng Wang, Yang Liu, Naiwen Zhang, Xuejie Li, Peng Xin, Jianbin Bi _ and Chuize Kong

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Abstract

Jianfeng Wang1, Yang Liu1, Naiwen Zhang1, Xuejie Li1, Peng Xin1, Jianbin Bi1 and Chuize Kong1

1Department of Urology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, P.R. China

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Jianbin Bi, email: [email protected]

Chuize Kong, email: [email protected]

Keywords: platelet to lymphocyte ratio, urologic cancer, prognosis, meta-analysis

Received: April 07, 2017 Accepted: May 23, 2017 Published: August 10, 2017

ABSTRACT

The prognostic value of platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in urologic cancer does not reach a consensus. Herein, we performed the meta-analysis to determine the prognostic role of PLR in patients with urologic cancer. A literature search was performed in the PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases. Hazard ratios (HRs) were extracted to estimate the association between PLR and prognosis. A total of 20 articles comprising 6079 patients were included in this study. The pooled results showed that a high PLR was significantly associated with worse prognosis of overall survival (OS) in urologic cancer [HR=1.65, 95% confidence interval (CI) =1.37-1.99, P<0.01]. The result also indicated that an elevated PLR was significantly associated with poor OS in renal cancer (HR=1.88, 95% CI=1.39-2.55, P<0.01). In addition, the significant association between poor OS and elevated PLR in renal cancer was consistent regardless of treatment, cut-off value, sample size and study quality. Our result also indicated that an elevated PLR predicted shorter OS (HR=1.78, 95% CI=1.38-2.30, P<0.01) and cancer-specific survival (HR=2.02, 95% CI=1.24-3.29, P<0.01) in prostate cancer. In conclusion, an elevated PLR was a predictive indicator of poor survival in renal cancer and prostate cancer.

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Prognostic role of pretreatment platelet to lymphocyte ratio in urologic cancer

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