ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2014
Effect of pre-operative red blood cell distribution on cancer stage and morbidity rate in patients with pancreatic cancer.
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- Prognostic value of red blood cell distribution width and D-Dimer in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2024Pooled it
- The prognostic significance of survivin expression in patients with HNSCC: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2021Pooled it
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- Clinicopathological features of patients undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer with very early postoperative recurrence.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Increased platelet-to-lymphocytes ratio is associated with poor long-term prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer after surgery.Medicine · 2018Article
- Prognostic role of RDW in hematological malignancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer cell international · 2018Article
- Hybrid Method Based on Information Gain and Support Vector Machine for Gene Selection in Cancer Classification.Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics · 2017Article
- Prognostic significance of red blood cell distribution width in gastrointestinal disorders.World journal of gastroenterology · 2017Review
- The role of red cell distribution width in the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer.Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers · 2017Article
- Preoperative red cell distribution width: Not a useful prognostic indicator for 30-day mortality in patients who undergo major- or ultra-major noncardiac surgery.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2016Article
- Red cell distribution width and cancer.Annals of translational medicine · 2016Review
- Association analysis of genetic variants of adiponectin gene and risk of pancreatic cancer.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe red blood cell distribution (RDW) is a test measure of erythrocyte variation and the volume level which shows the heterogeneity and it is a proven test in literature for the determination of survival on cardiovascular diseases. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the RDW level and postoperative morbidity as well as its stages in diagnosed pancreatic cancer patients.
methodsIn this study we covered 104 diagnosed pancreatic cancer patients who have been operated in 2011-2014. The RDW levels were separated into two groups. Group 1 contains higher level RDW patients (> 14) whereas group 2 contains only lower level RDW patients. We compared both groups in terms of the patients' demographic data, duration of hospitalization, ratio of pancreatic fistula, disease period, and the mortality rates.
resultsIn group 1 contains 39 patients whereas group 2 contains only 65 patients. We determined the positive correlation between stages of disease with RDW levels as well as the correlation between low level of blood albumin and Ca 19.9 levels (p = 0001). However we did not observe statistically important difference in postoperative morbidity.
conclusionsBased on this study we report that RDW levels can be use as a marker to show the stages of pancreatic cancer in diagnosed patients.
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