Open AccessPrognostic significance of Glasgow prognostic score in patients undergoing esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Jifeng Feng,
Qiang Zhao,
Qixun Chen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.126319
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , hypoalbuminemia , hazard ratio , oncology , gastroenterology , esophagectomy , esophageal cancer , cancer , esophageal squamous cell carcinoma , carcinoma , proportional hazards model , multivariate analysis
Recent studies have revealed that Glasgow prognostic score (GPS), an inflammation-based prognostic score, is inversely related to prognosis in a variety of cancers; high levels of GPS is associated with poor prognosis. However, few studies regarding GPS in esophageal cancer (EC) are available. The aim of this study was to determine whether the GPS is useful for predicting cancer-specific survival (CSS) of patients for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).