Prognostic significance of the pretreatment prognostic nutritional index in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer

Prognostic Significance of Lymphovascular Space Invasion in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

OBJECT To assess the effects of lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) on cancer recurrence and survival in patients with primary epithelial ovarian cancer. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted of patients with stage I-IV primary epithelial ovarian cancer who underwent cytoreductive surgery. LVSI is defined as the presence of tumor cells within an endothelium-lined space, and the patient...

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Pretreatment Glasgow prognostic score and prognostic nutritional index predict overall survival of patients with advanced small cell lung cancer

Background Various biomarkers have been shown to predict prognosis in various types of cancers. However, these biomarkers have not been studied in advanced small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The modified Glasgow prognostic score (mGPS) is based on serum albumin level and C-reactive protein (CRP). The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is a combination of serum albumin level and absolute lymphocyte ...

Prognostic significance of HER-2, p53 and Bcl-2 in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.

BACKGROUND Several oncogenes and onco-suppressor genes have been implicated in epithelial ovarian carcinogenesis, but their clinical significance is not clear and conflicting data have been found in various studies. PATIENTS AND METHODS The immunohistochemical expression of HER-2, p53 and Bcl-2 proteins was investigated in a cohort of 95 patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (stage...

Evaluating the Prognostic Significance of Bone Marrow Megakaryocyte Count in Patients with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Background: Previous studies about the relationship between bone marrow megakaryocyte count and the chronicity of ITP has yielded paradoxical results. The aim of the present study was to investigate any relationship between the megakaryocyte count in the bone marrow and the chronicity of ITP. Materials and Methods: This study was performed to compare the primary bone marrow aspiration megakar...