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ArticleNPJ precision oncology2025

Predicting colorectal cancer survival by combined c-reactive protein and tumor immune score.

Tafirenyika Gwenzi, Durgesh Wankhede, Tanwei Yuan, Megha Bhardwaj, Petra Schrotz-King, Sophie C Anker, Ben Schöttker, Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner

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Tafirenyika GwenziDivision of Clinical Epidemiology of Early Cancer Detection, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. tafirenyika.gwenzi@dkfz-heidelberg.de.
Durgesh WankhedeDivision of Clinical Epidemiology of Early Cancer Detection, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tanwei YuanDivision of Clinical Epidemiology of Early Cancer Detection, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Megha BhardwajDivision of Clinical Epidemiology of Early Cancer Detection, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Petra Schrotz-KingDivision of Primary Cancer Prevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), NCT Heidelberg, a partnership between DKFZ and University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sophie C AnkerDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ben SchöttkerDivision of Clinical Epidemiology of Early Cancer Detection, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Michael Hoffmeister *Division of Clinical Epidemiology of Early Cancer Detection, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Hermann Brenner *Division of Clinical Epidemiology of Early Cancer Detection, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.

Funding

German Research Council (BR 1704/6-1, BR 1704/6-3, BR 1704/6-4, CH 117/1-1, HO 5117/2-1, HE 5998/2-1, KL 2354/3-1, RO 2270/8-1 and BR 1704/17-1)
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Abstract

We evaluated the joint relationship of post-operative C-reactive protein (poCRP) and a tumor immune-cell-score (IS) with overall survival (OS) and CRC-specific survival (CSS) in 680 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients recruited in Germany. CRP was assessed post-surgery while IS was derived from CD3 + /CD8+ cell densities in tumor tissue. Patients were categorized into four C-Reactive protein-Immune cell Score (CRIS) groups: CRIS-1 (CRP-low/IS-high), CRIS-2 (CRP-low/IS-low), CRIS-3 (CRP-high/IS-high), and CRIS-4 (CRP-high/IS-low). Associations of CRIS with survival were assessed using Cox regression, and quantified by hazard ratios with 95% confidence intervals (HR, 95%CI). Subgroup analysis by presence of non-metastatic disease and time of blood draw in relation to adjuvant chemotherapy were conducted. After a median follow-up of 9.6 (IQR, 4.6-14.6) years, 214 (31.5%) patients died, 140 (20.6%) from CRC. Patients in CRIS-4 category had worse prognosis compared to CRIS-1 category [HR

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