Kotaro Sugawara1, Koichi Yagi2, Yukari Uemura3, Yasuhiro Okumura2, Masato Nishida2, Susumu Aikou2, Hiroharu Yamashita2, Yasuyuki Seto2. 1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: kosugawara-tky@umin.ac.jp. 2. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 3. Biostatistics Section, Department of Data Science, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although both sarcopenia and systemic inflammation reportedly affect long-term outcomes of esophageal carcinoma (EC) patients, their reciprocal associations with survival outcomes have yet to be investigated. This study aimed to evaluate the survival impact of sarcopenia combined with the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in EC patients undergoing esophagectomy. METHODS: In total, 378 EC patients were retrospectively reviewed. The cutoff value for NLR was set at the NLR median of the cohort. Sarcopenia was determined based on decreased skeletal muscle index calculated from computed tomography obtained before surgery. Univariate and multivariate Cox hazards models were applied to determine independent predictors of poor overall survival and cancer-specific survival. RESULTS: Sarcopenia was more common in the high-NLR group (2.57 or greater) than in the low-NLR group (less than 2.57; P = .01). In the high-NLR group, patients with sarcopenia had significantly poorer overall and cancer-specific survival than those without sarcopenia (P < .001). In contrast, there was no survival impact of sarcopenia in the low-NLR group. Patients with both high NLR and sarcopenia exhibited poor overall and cancer-specific survival (5-year overall survival = 44.4%, 5-year cancer-specific survival = 57.0%). Sarcopenia was independently associated with poor overall survival (hazard ratio = 1.95; P = .007) and poor cancer-specific survival (hazard ratio = 2.66; P = .002) as well as pathological stage III disease and noncurative resection in the high-NLR group. CONCLUSIONS: The survival and oncological impact of sarcopenia was noteworthy only when present with elevated NLR. The combination of 2 factors is rational for identifying EC patients likely to have poor survival outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Although both sarcopenia and systemic inflammation reportedly affect long-term outcomes of esophageal carcinoma (EC) patients, their reciprocal associations with survival outcomes have yet to be investigated. This study aimed to evaluate the survival impact of sarcopenia combined with the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in ECpatients undergoing esophagectomy. METHODS: In total, 378 ECpatients were retrospectively reviewed. The cutoff value for NLR was set at the NLR median of the cohort. Sarcopenia was determined based on decreased skeletal muscle index calculated from computed tomography obtained before surgery. Univariate and multivariate Cox hazards models were applied to determine independent predictors of poor overall survival and cancer-specific survival. RESULTS:Sarcopenia was more common in the high-NLR group (2.57 or greater) than in the low-NLR group (less than 2.57; P = .01). In the high-NLR group, patients with sarcopenia had significantly poorer overall and cancer-specific survival than those without sarcopenia (P < .001). In contrast, there was no survival impact of sarcopenia in the low-NLR group. Patients with both high NLR and sarcopenia exhibited poor overall and cancer-specific survival (5-year overall survival = 44.4%, 5-year cancer-specific survival = 57.0%). Sarcopenia was independently associated with poor overall survival (hazard ratio = 1.95; P = .007) and poor cancer-specific survival (hazard ratio = 2.66; P = .002) as well as pathological stage III disease and noncurative resection in the high-NLR group. CONCLUSIONS: The survival and oncological impact of sarcopenia was noteworthy only when present with elevated NLR. The combination of 2 factors is rational for identifying ECpatients likely to have poor survival outcomes.
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