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Low prealbumin level is a poor prognostic biomarker for surgically treated pancreatic cancer

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    • Yu Matsumoto
    • Yuichiro Otsuka
    • Hiroka Hosaka
    • Yoji Kajiwara
    • Rei Okada
    • Yuko Ito
    • Kazutaka Kimura
    • Tetsuya Maeda
    • Masaru Tsuchiya
    • Hideaki Shimada
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    Affiliations: Department of Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan
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The present study aimed to evaluate the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of preoperative prealbumin levels in patients with surgically treated pancreatic cancer. The present retrospective study included 95 patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent radical surgery between January 2011 and December 2021. Of the patients, 49 were male and 46 were female, with a median age of 73 years. According to the median preoperative prealbumin level of 21.1 mg/dl, the patients were divided into low (<21.1 mg/dl) and high (≥21.1 mg/dl) prealbumin groups. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the prognostic significance of prealbumin levels. Notably, no clinicopathological factors were associated with low prealbumin levels. Overall (P=0.008) and recurrence-free (P=0.004) survival were significantly lower in the low prealbumin group than those in the high prealbumin group. In addition, multivariate analysis showed that low prealbumin levels were an independent risk factor for poor overall (P=0.024) and recurrence-free (P=0.013) survival. Furthermore, the liver (P=0.038) and peritoneal recurrence (P=0.012) rates were higher in the low prealbumin group than those in the high prealbumin group. In conclusion, low preoperative prealbumin levels may be a poor prognostic biomarker in patients with surgically treated pancreatic cancer.
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Matsumoto Y, Otsuka Y, Hosaka H, Kajiwara Y, Okada R, Ito Y, Kimura K, Maeda T, Tsuchiya M, Shimada H, Shimada H, et al: Low prealbumin level is a poor prognostic biomarker for surgically treated pancreatic cancer. Mol Clin Oncol 23: 61, 2025.
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Matsumoto, Y., Otsuka, Y., Hosaka, H., Kajiwara, Y., Okada, R., Ito, Y. ... Shimada, H. (2025). Low prealbumin level is a poor prognostic biomarker for surgically treated pancreatic cancer. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 23, 61. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2025.2856
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Matsumoto, Y., Otsuka, Y., Hosaka, H., Kajiwara, Y., Okada, R., Ito, Y., Kimura, K., Maeda, T., Tsuchiya, M., Shimada, H."Low prealbumin level is a poor prognostic biomarker for surgically treated pancreatic cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 23.1 (2025): 61.
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Matsumoto, Y., Otsuka, Y., Hosaka, H., Kajiwara, Y., Okada, R., Ito, Y., Kimura, K., Maeda, T., Tsuchiya, M., Shimada, H."Low prealbumin level is a poor prognostic biomarker for surgically treated pancreatic cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 23, no. 1 (2025): 61. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2025.2856
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Matsumoto Y, Otsuka Y, Hosaka H, Kajiwara Y, Okada R, Ito Y, Kimura K, Maeda T, Tsuchiya M, Shimada H, Shimada H, et al: Low prealbumin level is a poor prognostic biomarker for surgically treated pancreatic cancer. Mol Clin Oncol 23: 61, 2025.
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Matsumoto, Y., Otsuka, Y., Hosaka, H., Kajiwara, Y., Okada, R., Ito, Y. ... Shimada, H. (2025). Low prealbumin level is a poor prognostic biomarker for surgically treated pancreatic cancer. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 23, 61. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2025.2856
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Matsumoto, Y., Otsuka, Y., Hosaka, H., Kajiwara, Y., Okada, R., Ito, Y., Kimura, K., Maeda, T., Tsuchiya, M., Shimada, H."Low prealbumin level is a poor prognostic biomarker for surgically treated pancreatic cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 23.1 (2025): 61.
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Matsumoto, Y., Otsuka, Y., Hosaka, H., Kajiwara, Y., Okada, R., Ito, Y., Kimura, K., Maeda, T., Tsuchiya, M., Shimada, H."Low prealbumin level is a poor prognostic biomarker for surgically treated pancreatic cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 23, no. 1 (2025): 61. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2025.2856
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