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ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH2023

The clinical impact of the ratio of C-reactive protein to albumin (CAR) in patients with acute- and lymphoma-type adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL).

Noriaki Kawano, Hidemi Shimonodan, Yuri Nagahiro, Shuro Yoshida, Takuro Kuriyama, Ken Takigawa, Taro Tochigi, Takashi Nakaike, Shigeyoshi Makino, Kiyoshi Yamashita and 7 more

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Article in Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio (CAR) Predicts Early Posttransplant Complications and Survival in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2025
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17 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Noriaki KawanoDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Hidemi ShimonodanDepartment of Pediatrics, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Yuri NagahiroDepartment of Psychiatry, Jozan Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
Shuro YoshidaDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Takuro KuriyamaDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Ken TakigawaDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Taro TochigiDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Takashi NakaikeDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Shigeyoshi MakinoDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Kiyoshi YamashitaDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Kousuke MarutsukaDepartment of Pathology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Hidenobu OchiaiTrauma and Critical Care Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
Yasuo MoriDepartment of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kazuya ShimodaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
Kouichi OhshimaDepartment of Pathology, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Koichi MashibaDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Ikuo KikuchiDepartment of Internal Medicine/Hematology, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital · JPUniversity of Miyazaki · JPKumamoto Orthopedic Surgery Hospital · JPKurume University · JPKyushu University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, the ratio of C-reactive protein to albumin (CAR) is used as an inflammatory marker that has been demonstrated to be a simple and reliable prognostic factor in solid tumors and hematological malignancy. However, no studies of the CAR have been performed in patients with adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL). We retrospectively analyzed the clinical features and outcomes in 68 newly diagnosed acute- and lymphoma-type ATL [(acute-(n=42) or lymphoma-type (n=26)] patients in Miyazaki Prefecture from 2013 to 2017. Furthermore, we investigated correlations between pretreatment CAR levels and clinical features. The median age was 67 years (range, 44 - 87). Patients were initially treated by either palliative therapy (n=14) or chemotherapy [n=54; CHOP therapy (n=37)/ VCAP-AMP-VECP therapy (n=17)], and showed median survival durations of 0.5 months and 7.4 months, respectively. The factors affecting OS by multivariate analysis were age, BUN, and CAR. Importantly, we revealed that the high CAR group (optimal cut-off point; 0.553) was a significant indicator of worse OS by multivariate analysis (p< 0.001, HR; 5.46). The median survival of patients with a CAR< 0.553 was 8.37 months, while patients with a CAR>0.553 had a median survival of 3.94 months. The different clinical features between high CAR and low CAR groups were hypoproteinemia and the implementation of chemotherapy. Furthermore, in the chemotherapy group, but not the palliative therapy group, CAR was a significant prognostic marker. Our study indicated that CAR may be a new simple and significant independent prognostic marker in acute- and lymphoma-type ATL patients.

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Hematologic NeoplasmsLeukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-CellAdultAgedAlbuminsC-Reactive ProteinHumansRetrospective StudiesAlbuminsC-Reactive Proteinacute- and lymphoma-type ATLa new simple prognostic factorthe ratio of C-reactive protein to albumin

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PMID37380472
PMCPMC10410616
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