ArticleSurgery today2022
Clinical importance of preoperative red-cell volume distribution width as a prognostic marker in patients undergoing radical surgery for pancreatic cancer.
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- Inflammatory markers from routine blood tests predict survival in multiple myeloma: a Systematic Review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- Is RDW a clinically relevant prognostic factor for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of jaundice-induced elevated red blood cell distribution width on survival outcomes in pancreatic cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Age and red cell distribution width in pancreatic cystic neoplasms: A simple tool for preoperative malignancy risk stratification.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2026Article
- Clinicopathological features of patients undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer with very early postoperative recurrence.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Preoperative malignancy risk assessment in pancreatic cystic neoplasms using clinical and laboratory parameters.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
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- Relationship between red cell distribution width and lung cancer: evidence from Mendelian randomization and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- The value of preoperative RDW for post-pancreatectomy haemorrhage and surgical prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer: a retrospective study.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Pretreatment red blood cell distribution width as a predictive marker for postoperative complications after laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- Predictive value of the random forest model based on bioelectrical impedance analysis parameter trajectories for short-term prognosis in stroke patients.European journal of medical research · 2024Article
- A new in-hospital mortality prediction nomogram for intensive care unit patients with acute pancreatitis.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2024Article
- Exploring the Neandertal legacy of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma risk in Eurasians.Biological research · 2023Article
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Abstract
background and purposeA new noninvasive biomarker is being sought to predict the prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer. Red-cell volume distribution width (RDW), a descriptive parameter for erythrocyte variation, has been shown to have prognostic value for some tumor types. Our purpose was to assess the RDW value to predict the prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer.
methodsThe subjects of this retrospective study were 792 patients who underwent radical surgery for pancreatic cancer, divided into high-RDW and low-RDW groups based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis (15.6%). The controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score was used to assess preoperative nutritional status. Statistical analysis was conducted to investigate the differences between the high and low RDW groups, and to explore the possibility of the RDW being used as prognostic predictor for patients with pancreatic cancer.
resultsThe immune-nutritional status was worse in the high-RDW group than in the low-RDW group. The high-RDW group patients also had a poorer prognosis. Risk factor analysis showed that the RDW could be an independent risk factor for pancreatic cancer.
conclusionsThe RDW is associated with immune-nutritional status in pancreatic cancer patients and can be used as an independent prognostic factor for their postoperative survival.
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