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Objective   Inflammation plays an extremely considerable role in the development and progression of malignancies. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and mean platelet volume (MPV) in blood are associated with various inflammatory conditions and resulted in independent prognostic factors for lung cancer. However, whether ANC and MPV can be diagnostic markers for lung cancer remains unknown. This retrospective study investigated the roles of ANC and MPV, either alone or combined, in diagnosing lung cancer.Methods   This study analyzed data from lung cancer patients and healthy individuals in Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated with Nanjing Medical University. The Mann–Whitney  U -test was performed to compare differences between lung cancer patients and healthy individuals. Spearman's correlation analysis was used to assess correlations. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were performed to determine diagnostic accuracy.Results   209 patients diagnosed with lung cancer and 236 healthy subjects were enrolled in this study. Levels of ANC and MPV increased in lung cancer patients compared with healthy individuals ( P  < 0.001). ANC had statistically significant negative weak correlation with albumin concentrations ( r  = ‐0.154,  P  = 0.026), and MPV had statistically significant negative weak correlation with total protein concentrations ( r  = ‐0.153,  P  = 0.027) in lung cancer patients. ANC and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio had statistically significant positive correlation in both lung cancer patients ( r  = 0.756,  P  < 0.001) and healthy subjects ( r  = 0.639,  P  < 0.001). MPV and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio had statistically significant negative weak correlation in both lung cancer patients ( r  = ‐0.242,  P  < 0.001) and healthy subjects ( r  = ‐0.325,  P  < 0.001). ANC had sensitivity (SEN) and specificity (SPE) of 0.512 and 0.809, respectively, and the area under the curve (AUC) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was 0.656 (0.603-0.710). SEN and SPE of MPV were 0.928 and 0.708, respectively, and the AUC (95% CI) was 0.913 (0.889-0.938). When ANC and MPV were combined, SEN and SPE became 0.842 and 0.835, respectively, and the AUC (95% CI) became 0.919 (0.895-0.943).Conclusions   Compared with ANC or MPV alone, the combination of ANC and MPV can improve diagnostic ability to distinguish lung cancer patients from healthy subjects.

Absolute Neutrophil Count and Mean Platelet Volume in the Blood as Biomarkers to Detect Lung Cancer