title: [A prediction of prognosis by A-L score in patients with stage IV colorectal cancer].
abstract: We analyzed the relationship between A-L score classified by serum albumin level and lymphocytes/white blood cells ratio and clinicopathological features in patients with Stage IV colorectal cancer. Seventy-nine patients were classified by the A-L score. In lower-scored cases, the populations of elderly patients, patients with emergency operation and patients with poorer PS were increased. Additionally, the 2-year survival rate was decreased as low as A-L score. In the multivariate analysis, the A-L score was independent prognostic factor in Stage IV colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East.
authors.forename: Gakuji
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokomizo
authors.forename: Arihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Umehara
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Kiyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Taisuke
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itagaki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis