Abstract:
Objective To investigate the correlation of preoperative fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR), albumin-to-globulin ratio (AGR), prognostic nutritional index (PNI), and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) with clinicopathological features of patients with stage ⅠA-ⅡA cervical cancer.
Methods Clinicopathologic data of 131 patients (stage ⅠA-ⅡA cervical cancer group) diagnosed with stage ⅠA-ⅡA cervical cancer who underwent surgery for the first time, 102 patients (cervical precancerous lesion group) pathologically diagnosed with cervical precancerous lesions during the same period, and 100 healthy women (normal group) who underwent routine physical examination at The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from January 2010 to June 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Using nonparametric tests and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, we analyzed the correlation of FAR, AGR, PNI, SII, and stage ⅠA-ⅡA cervical cancer with clinicopathologic characteristics, as well as the association between each index and changes in postoperative indexes.
Results In this study, preoperative FAR, PNI, and SII were associated with stage IA-IIA cervical cancer (P<0.05) but AGR was not (P>0.05). Univariate analysis revealed higher preoperative FAR values in patients with age ≥50 years, FIGO stage IIA, tumor diameter≥4cm, and tumor invasion depth ≥1/2 muscular thickness (all P<0.05); lower preoperative PNI values in patients with age ≥50 years, adenocarcinoma, and tumor invasion depth ≥1/2 muscular thickness (all P<0.05); higher preoperative SII values in patients with adenocarcinoma, tumor diameter ≥4 cm, and tumor invasion depth ≥1/2 muscular thickness (all P<0.05). Spearman's rank-order correlation analysis revealed a negative correlation between PNI and FAR (r=-0.225, P=0.010) and PNI and SII (r=-0.309, P<0.001). FAR and SII values were lower and PNI values were higher in postoperative patients than in preoperative patients FAR: 0.073 (0.061–0.078) vs. 0.075 (0.066–0.089), P=0.011; SII: 461.250 (314.032–612.397) vs. 567.553 (389.542–724.156), P=0.002; PNI: 54.670 (51.350–57.860) vs. 52.400 (49.250–55.900), P=0.038.
Conclusions High FAR and SII values and low PNI values in preoperative peripheral blood are closely related to poor clinical and postoperative histopathological features of stage ⅠA-ⅡA cervical cancer, which can provide a reference for preoperative clinical treatment decisions.