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FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.592470
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meningioma; neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; World Health Organization grade I; recurrence; progression-free survival
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [18K19622]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18K19622] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Background Meningiomas are the most common benign intracranial tumors. However, even WHO grade I meningiomas occasionally show local tumor recurrence. Prognostic factors for meningiomas have not been fully established. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been reported as a prognostic factor for several solid tumors. The prognostic value of NLR in meningiomas has been analyzed in few studies. Materials and Methods This retrospective study included 160 patients who underwent surgery for meningiomas between October 2010 and September 2017. We analyzed the associations between patients' clinical data (sex, age, primary/recurrent, WHO grade, extent of removal, tumor location, peritumoral brain edema, and preoperative laboratory data) and clinical outcomes, including recurrence and progression-free survival (PFS). Results Forty-four meningiomas recurred within the follow-up period of 3.8 years. WHO grade II, III, subtotal removal, history of recurrence, Ki-67 labeling index >= 3.0, and preoperative NLR value >= 2.6 were significantly associated with shorter PFS (P < 0.001, < 0.001, 0.002, < 0.001, and 0.015, respectively). Furthermore, NLR >= 2.6 was also significantly associated with shorter PFS in a subgroup analysis of WHO grade I meningiomas (P = 0.003). In univariate and multivariate analyses, NLR >= 2.6 remained as a significant predictive factor for shorter PFS in patients with meningioma (P = 0.014). Conclusions NLR may be a cost-effective and novel preoperatively usable biomarker in patients with meningiomas.
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