ArticleSurgery today2022
Prognostic significance of the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and red cell distribution width (RDW) in obstructive colorectal cancer patients with a stent inserted as a bridge to curative surgery.
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- Red cell distribution width as a prognostic predictor for colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Pooled it
- Significance of preoperative mean corpuscular volume in patients with stage II/III colorectal cancer and anemia.International journal of clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Prediction of the need for surgery in patients with unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm based on SOFA score.PloS one · 2025Article
- Prognostic value of pre-operative mean corpuscular volume (MCV) in colorectal cancer.Irish journal of medical science · 2024Article
- Is red blood cell distribution width a prognostic factor for colorectal cancer? A meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeThe prognostic significance of the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and red cell distribution width (RDW) in patients with malignancy have not been intensely investigated and are largely overlooked. We, therefore, investigated the clinical significance of MCV and RDW in non-metastatic obstructive colorectal cancer (OCRC) patients with a self-expandable metallic stent inserted as a bridge to curative surgery.
methodsEighty-five pathological stage II and III OCRC patients were retrospectively evaluated. The associations of the preoperative MCV and RDW values with short- and long-term outcomes were examined.
resultsThere were 50 males and 35 females, and the median age was 71 years old. The median interval between stenting and surgery was 17 days, and the median postoperative hospital stay was 16 days. Fifty-six patients were in the MCV ≥ 87 group, and 47 were in the RDW ≥ 13.8 group. Multivariate analyses revealed the MCV ≥ 87 status to be independently associated with a poor relapse-free survival (hazard ratio [HR] = 4.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.52-14.58, P = 0.007). The RDW ≥ 13.8% was an independent predictor of postoperative infectious complications (HR = 7.28, 95% CI 1.24-42.70, P = 0.028).
conclusionThe MCV and RDW are simple but strong predictors of postoperative outcomes in OCRC patients.
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