A case of abdominal enteric cyst in China

Chen, Yahong; Lv, Zhe; Shen, Zhen; Chen, Yan; Gao, Huimin

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.02.036

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“…Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a distinct head and neck cancer with unique etiological and epidemiological feathers, with the incidence varying from 0.5–3/100,000 per year in North Africa to 20–30/100,000 in certain epidemic areas, such as South China and Southeast Asia [1–4]. Radiotherapy is the primary treatment of NPC, and the development of intensity-modulated radiotherapy technology (IMRT) and new chemotherapy agents significantly improves the cure rate [5–7].…”

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The Ratio of C-Reactive Protein/Albumin is a Novel Inflammatory Predictor of Overall Survival in Cisplatin-Based Treated Patients with Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

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The C-reactive protein/albumin (CRP/Alb) ratio has been recently identified as a prognostic factor in various cancers, whereas its role remains unclear in metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The current study retrospectively analyzed 148 patients with metastatic NPC who underwent cisplatin-based chemotherapy and further evaluated the prognostic value of the CRP/Alb ratio and its association with clinical characteristics in these patients. The optimal cut-off value was 0.189 for the CRP/Alb ratio. The high CRP/Alb ratio was significantly associated with elevated NLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and EBV-DNA levels and decreased haemoglobin level (all p < 0.05). The results of multivariate analysis showed that the CRP/Alb ratio was an independent prognostic factor of overall survival. Patients with a high CRP/Alb ratio (≥0.189) had a 1.867 times (p = 0.024, 95% CI = 1.085–3.210) greater risk of mortality compared with those with a low CRP/Alb ratio (<0.189). In addition, combining the CRP/Alb ratio with GPS could accurately discriminate the prognosis of our patients. Our results suggested that the CRP/Alb ratio is a feasible and inexpensive tool for predicting survival outcomes and is a valuable coadjutant for the GPS to further identify differences in survivals of patients with metastatic NPC.

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