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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2021

Does Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Have a Role in Identifying Cytokeratin 19-Expressing Hepatocellular Carcinoma?

Chao-Wei Lee, Sey-En Lin, Ming-Chin Yu, Hao-Wei Kou, Cheng-Han Lee, Tony Kuo, Kuan-Chieh Lee, Hsin-I Tsai

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chao-Wei LeeDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6853-4557
Sey-En LinDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, New Taipei Municipal Tucheng Hospital (Built and Operated by Chang Gung Medical Foundation), Tucheng, New Taipei City 236017, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-8994-9452
Ming-Chin YuDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6980-7123
Hao-Wei KouDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Cheng-Han LeeCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Tony KuoCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Kuan-Chieh LeeCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Hsin-I TsaiCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1428-5134
Chang Gung University · TWChang Gung Memorial Hospital · TW

Funding

Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CMRPG3K1881Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CMRPG3K2211Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C. MOST 109-2314-B-182A-069 -/ NMRPG3K0291
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCytokeratin 19-positive (CK19(+)) hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) are generally associated with poor prognosis after hepatectomy. It is typically detected from postoperative immunochemistry. We have analyzed several clinically available biomarkers, in particular, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and aim to develop a panel of biomarkers in identifying CK19 expression in (HCC) preoperatively.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 36 HCC patients who underwent liver resections during January 2017 to March 2018 in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Patients were grouped based on the status of CK19 expression and their baseline characteristics, perioperative and oncologic outcomes were compared. Novel biomarkers including NLR, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and uric acid were analyzed and correlated with CK19 expression.

resultsNLR is highly associated with CK19 expression. NLR alone gave an AUROC of 0.728 (

conclusionThe current study demonstrated the predictive capability of NLR in combination with AFP, CEA and uric acid for CK19 expression in HCC patients preoperatively. Further prospective, large-scale studies are warranted to validate our findings.

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cytokeratin 19 (CK19)hepatocellular carcinomahepatomaneutrophil to lymphocyte ratioNLR

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