BACKGROUND/AIM: The Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), an inflammation-based prognostic score, has been shown to predict the clinical outcomes of a variety of cancer types. The aim of this study was to determine whether the GPS predicts clinical outcomes of patients with pancreatic cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty patients resected for pancreatic cancer who underwent adjuvant gemcitabine monotherapy after curative surgery were included. The GPS was measured prior to adjuvant therapy and correlated with clinical outcomes. RESULTS: The disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with an elevated GPS (GPS1 or GPS2) were significantly poorer (p=0.001 and p=0.035, respectively, by log-rank test) than patients with a GPS of 0. An elevated GPS was found to be independently associated with poor DFS (p=0.002, by Cox regression model). CONCLUSION: The pre-adjuvant GPS may predict clinical outcome in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery. Copyright
BACKGROUND/AIM: The Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), an inflammation-based prognostic score, has been shown to predict the clinical outcomes of a variety of cancer types. The aim of this study was to determine whether the GPS predicts clinical outcomes of patients with pancreatic cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty patients resected for pancreatic cancer who underwent adjuvant gemcitabine monotherapy after curative surgery were included. The GPS was measured prior to adjuvant therapy and correlated with clinical outcomes. RESULTS: The disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with an elevated GPS (GPS1 or GPS2) were significantly poorer (p=0.001 and p=0.035, respectively, by log-rank test) than patients with a GPS of 0. An elevated GPS was found to be independently associated with poor DFS (p=0.002, by Cox regression model). CONCLUSION: The pre-adjuvant GPS may predict clinical outcome in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery. Copyright
Authors: Justin M Lebenthal; Junting Zheng; Paul A Glare; Eileen M O'Reilly; Andrew C Yang; Andrew S Epstein Journal: Cancer Date: 2021-01-20 Impact factor: 6.860