title: Inflammation-based factors and prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer.
abstract: Several parameters for predicting survival in patients with colorectal cancer have been identified, including the performance status, age, gender and tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage. Although the TNM stage is important and useful for predicting the prognosis and determining the appropriate treatment, it is well known that the survival time varies widely, even in patients with the same stage of disease. Therefore, the identification of new parameters capable of more precisely predicting patient survival is needed to help select the optimal treatment, especially in patients in the advanced stage of disease. Although the TNM stage reflects the tumor characteristics, cancer progression and survival are not determined solely based on the local characteristics of the tumor, but also the host systemic immune/inflammatory response. Therefore, using a combination of parameters that reflect both tumor characteristics and the host systemic inflammatory status is thought to be important for accurately predicting patient survival.
authors: Kiyoshi Maeda, Masatusne Shibutani, Hiroshi Otani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tetsuro Ikeya, Yasuhito Iseki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: Kiyoshi
authors: K
authors: Maeda
authors: Kiyoshi Maeda, Masatusne Shibutani, Hiroshi Otani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tetsuro Ikeya, Yasuhito Iseki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: Masatusne
authors: M
authors: Shibutani
authors: Kiyoshi Maeda, Masatusne Shibutani, Hiroshi Otani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tetsuro Ikeya, Yasuhito Iseki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Otani
authors: Kiyoshi Maeda, Masatusne Shibutani, Hiroshi Otani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tetsuro Ikeya, Yasuhito Iseki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: Hisashi
authors: H
authors: Nagahara
authors: Kiyoshi Maeda, Masatusne Shibutani, Hiroshi Otani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tetsuro Ikeya, Yasuhito Iseki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: Tetsuro
authors: T
authors: Ikeya
authors: Kiyoshi Maeda, Masatusne Shibutani, Hiroshi Otani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tetsuro Ikeya, Yasuhito Iseki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: Yasuhito
authors: Y
authors: Iseki
authors: Kiyoshi Maeda, Masatusne Shibutani, Hiroshi Otani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tetsuro Ikeya, Yasuhito Iseki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Tanaka
authors: Kiyoshi Maeda, Masatusne Shibutani, Hiroshi Otani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tetsuro Ikeya, Yasuhito Iseki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: Kazuya
authors: K
authors: Muguruma
authors: Kiyoshi Maeda, Masatusne Shibutani, Hiroshi Otani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tetsuro Ikeya, Yasuhito Iseki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: Kosei
authors: K
authors: Hirakawa
keywords: C-reactive protein; Colorectal cancer; Glasgow Prognostic Score; Inflammation-based factor; Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; Nutritional Prognostic Index; Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; Prognosis