Abstract:
Objective This study aims to evaluate the correlation of combined preoperative plasma levels of fibrinogen (Fbg) and lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR) (F-LMR) with the prognosis of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after complete resection.
Methods The clinical data of 589 patients with NSCLC who underwent complete resection in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis was used to select the cut-off values of Fbg and LMR. Based on the criteria of F-LMR, we divided the patients into three groups: F-LMR 0 score, F-LMR 1 score, and F-LMR 2 score. The association between F-LMR and the clinicopathological characteristics was analyzed by the χ2 test. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to analyze the prognostic factors, and the log-rank test was used to determine the differences in survival rates. Prognostic factors were assessed by univariate and mu#60ivariate analyses (Cox's proportional hazards regression model).
Results According to the ROC curve, the cut-off values of Fbg and LMR were 3.48 g/L and 3.23, respectively. F-LMR 0 score had n=215, F-LMR 1 score had n=228, and F-LMR 2 score had n=146. Preoperative F-LMR was closely related to age, gender, smoking history, tumor location, surgical type, pathological stage, pathological type, and tumor size (P < 0.05). Univariate analysis showed that tumor location, surgical type, pathological stage, tumor size, F-LMR score, LMR, and Fbg were associated with survival (P < 0.05). Mu#60ivariate analysis showed that the pathological stage disease-free survival (DFS): hazard ratio (HR)= 1.700, 95% confidence interval (CI)= 1.483-1.950, P < 0.001; overall survival (OS): HR= 1.703, 95% CI=1.486-1.952, P < 0.001 and F-LMR score (DFS: HR= 1.264, 95% CI= 1.077-1.484, P=0.004; OS: HR= 1.301, 95% CI= 1.107-1.528, P=0.001) were the independent prognostic factors of NSCLC patients.
Conclusion The preoperative F-LMR score may be a useful blood marker for predicting the prognosis of patients with NSCLC with radical resection.