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Predictive value of inflammatory indexes on the chemotherapeutic response in patients with unresectable lung cancer: A retrospective study

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    • Haifeng Sun
    • Pingping Hu
    • Jiajun Du
    • Xinying Wang
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    Affiliations: Research Institute of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250000, P.R. China, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250000, P.R. China
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Chemotherapy is widely administered to patients with advanced lung cancer; however, data regarding chemotherapeutic sensitivity are limited. The present study aimed to investigate the predictive value of inflammatory indexes for chemotherapeutic efficacy in advanced lung cancer. Patients with stage III and IV unresectable lung cancer that were treated with first‑line chemotherapy between January 2007 and December 2011 were retrospectively identified, and chemotherapeutic response was evaluated following 2 or 3 chemotherapy cycles. Prior to chemotherapy, hematologic data and clinicopathological parameters were collected using electronic medical records. The associations between the main inflammatory indexes [which included the pretreatment neutrophil count (PNC), neutrophil‑lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR)] and the chemotherapeutic efficacy, as well as the prognostic value of the indexes, were analyzed. According to the receiver operating characteristic curve, PLR failed to reach diagnostic accuracy for overall chemotherapeutic response. PNC and NLR were each classified into two groups according to the cut‑off values (4.635x109/l for PNC and 2.443 x109/l for NLR). The overall response rate was significantly higher in the low PNC [odds ratio, 3.261; 95% confidence interval (CI), 2.102‑5.060; P<0.001, vs. high PNC] and low NLR groups (odds ratio, 1.596; 95% CI, 1.037‑2.454; P=0.033, vs. high NLR). Univariate analyses showed that the high PNC (HR, 1.487) and high NLR groups (HR, 1.288) were associated with poor progression‑free survival (PFS); however, NLR was considered statistically insignificant in multivariate analysis. In summary, high PNC and NLR values are associated with chemoresistance and an unfavorable prognosis, with the present study demonstrating that PNC has increased sensitivity when compared with other inflammatory indexes in predicting chemotherapeutic efficacy. Therefore, PNC has the potential to be used as a reliable and suitable predictor to stratify a high risk of chemoresistance in patients with stage III and IV unresectable lung cancer.
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Sun, H., Hu, P., Du, J., & Wang, X. (2018). Predictive value of inflammatory indexes on the chemotherapeutic response in patients with unresectable lung cancer: A retrospective study. Oncology Letters, 15, 4017-4025. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7781
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Sun, H., Hu, P., Du, J., Wang, X."Predictive value of inflammatory indexes on the chemotherapeutic response in patients with unresectable lung cancer: A retrospective study". Oncology Letters 15.3 (2018): 4017-4025.
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Sun, H., Hu, P., Du, J., Wang, X."Predictive value of inflammatory indexes on the chemotherapeutic response in patients with unresectable lung cancer: A retrospective study". Oncology Letters 15, no. 3 (2018): 4017-4025. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7781
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Sun H, Hu P, Du J and Wang X: Predictive value of inflammatory indexes on the chemotherapeutic response in patients with unresectable lung cancer: A retrospective study. Oncol Lett 15: 4017-4025, 2018.
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Sun, H., Hu, P., Du, J., & Wang, X. (2018). Predictive value of inflammatory indexes on the chemotherapeutic response in patients with unresectable lung cancer: A retrospective study. Oncology Letters, 15, 4017-4025. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7781
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Sun, H., Hu, P., Du, J., Wang, X."Predictive value of inflammatory indexes on the chemotherapeutic response in patients with unresectable lung cancer: A retrospective study". Oncology Letters 15.3 (2018): 4017-4025.
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Sun, H., Hu, P., Du, J., Wang, X."Predictive value of inflammatory indexes on the chemotherapeutic response in patients with unresectable lung cancer: A retrospective study". Oncology Letters 15, no. 3 (2018): 4017-4025. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7781
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