Authors : Das Sawmik, Kakoti Lopa mudra, Ahmed Shiraj, Sharma J D, Kalita Manuj, Sarma Anupam, Kataki A C
Volume/Issue : Volume 4 - 2019, Issue 11 - November
Google Scholar : https://goo.gl/DF9R4u
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Introduction
Increasing evidence suggest that cancer elicit
inflammatory response and this inflammation plays an
important role in carcinogenesis as well as their
progression. Certain blood parameter changes reflect
systemic inflammation and these changes have been
linked to poor prognosis in patients with a few
malignancies. Amongst the different blood parameters
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), has gained
popularity in the literature as an easily derived and
inexpensive marker of systemic inflammation. Several
studies and meta-analyses consistently reported NLR as
an unfavourable prognostic indicator for patients with
gastrointestinal, lung, renal and gynaecological cancers.
Many reports mentions the significance of NLR,
thrombocytosis and serum Ca 125 levels as diagnostic
workup also to subcategorize the different epithelial
ovarian tumours.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of our study was to evaluate the
significance of different blood parameters with special
emphasis on NLR ( pre treatment NLR) along with
serum ca 125 ( pre treatment value)as diagnostic as well
as prognostic patients with ovarian tumours.
Materials and Methods
The data of 100 patients with ovarian tumours
were collected and analysed from the department and
hospital records retrospectively. Patients were grouped
according to the final histopathological reports,
considering it as gold standard, into benign, borderline
and malignant ovarian epithelial tumours. The different
data compared were age, serum Ca 125 levels and
complete blood count parameters ( platelet count,
lymphocyte count, neutrophil count, neutrophil
lymphocyte ratio) among the 3 groups. Survival were
analysed in malignant group at the end of 1, 2 and 3
years after receiving the treatment.
Results/ Observations
Out of 100 patients, 83 patients were found to be
matched with our inclusion criteria. Amongst them, 9
patients had borderline, 15 patients had benign, and 59
patients had malignant ovarian tumours. Mean age of
the patients with malignant ovarian tumour were found
be significantly higher than the benign mass. The mean
value of Ca 125, Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio and
Platelet Count (PC) were higher in malignant adnexal
masses than in benign adnexal masses, but statistically
significant was found in ca 125 and PC (p < 0.05). The
overall survival rates of malignant tumours when
compared with NLR show a significant association.
Conclusion
Our preliminary analysis showed that NLR, PC
and Ca-125 can be positively co-related to risk of
malignancy in preoperative setting, although statistical
significance was not found in our study. But, at the
same time our data also showed that NLR and PC can
be used to prognosticate malignant epithelial tumour
to stratify at risk patients within the same disease stage
for personalised follow up.