Open AccessUse of the alkaline phosphatase to prealbumin ratio as an independent predictive factor for the prognosis of gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Yang Li,
Jinshen Wang,
Yun Guo,
Tao Zhang,
Leping Li
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v26.i44.6963
Subject(s) - cancer , alkaline phosphatase , medicine , gastroenterology , oncology , chemistry , biochemistry , enzyme
Gastric cancer (GC) is characterized by a low 5-year survival rate. The prognosis is still not satisfactory although it has significantly improved due to developments in medicine. Thus, the identification of more efficient indices for the evaluation of GC prognosis is required. We propose, for the first time, that the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) to prealbumin (PA) ratio (APR) can be used as an independent prognostic factor in GC.