Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37900690›Full record

ArticleJournal of the anus, rectum and colon2023

Prognostic Value of C-reactive Protein-to-albumin Ratio after Curative Resection in Patients with Colorectal Cancer.

Koki Tamai, Hajime Hirose, Shu Okamura, Yo Akazawa, Masahiro Koh, Koji Hayashi, Yoshiteru Katsura, Natsumi Tanaka, Chikara Ebisui, Masahiko Yano

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of the anus, rectum and colon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Koki TamaiDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Hajime HiroseDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Shu OkamuraDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Yo AkazawaDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Masahiro KohDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Koji HayashiDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Yoshiteru KatsuraDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Natsumi TanakaDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Chikara EbisuiDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Masahiko YanoDepartment of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: The current retrospective study aimed to evaluate the association between combined preoperative and postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio, which is correlated with prognosis in different types of malignancies, and prognosis after curative resection in patients with colorectal cancer. Methods: This study enrolled 263 patients who underwent curative resection for stage II/III colorectal cancer. C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio was calculated within 30 days before and 7 days after surgery. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses were performed to determine the optimal cutoff values of preoperative and postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio. The correlations between combined preoperative and postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio and prognosis were analyzed. Results: The cutoff values of preoperative and postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio were 0.223 and 0.813, respectively; higher ratios were significantly associated with poor overall survival, based on the Kaplan-Meier curves (p < 0.001, p = 0.003, respectively). Further, preoperative and postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratios were correlated with poor progression-free survival (p < 0.001, p = 0.064, respectively). In the multivariate analysis, combined preoperative and postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio was an independent predictor of overall survival and progression-free survival (p = 0.012, p = 0.044, respectively). Compared with low preoperative and postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio, high ratios of that were significantly associated with poor overall survival (hazard ratio = 3.897, p = 0.006) and progression-free survival (hazard ratio = 2.130, p = 0.029). Conclusions: Combined preoperative and postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio, useful for prognostic prediction, can be a promising prognostic marker after curative resection in patients with colorectal cancer.

Indexed as

albumincolorectal cancerC-reactive proteinprognosis

Identifiers

PMID37900690
PMCPMC10600269

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.