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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm10040634
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melanoma; brain metastasis; inflammation; surgical resection; overall survival
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Studying preoperative laboratory inflammation markers in melanoma patients with brain metastasis undergoing surgery revealed that elevated CRP levels, higher NLR and PLR, and lower LMR were associated with reduced overall survival rates. These markers could potentially be integrated into preoperative treatment planning for affected patients.
Background: Metastatic melanoma disease is accompanied by highly systemic inflammatory responses. The prognostic value of preoperative laboratory inflammation markers in brain metastatic melanoma patients has not been adequately investigated so far. Methods: Preoperative inflammatory blood parameters were correlated to overall survival (OS) rates in melanoma patients that underwent surgery for brain metastasis (BM) between 2013 and 2019 at the authors' institution. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were used for cutoff determination of routine laboratory parameters. Results: Median OS in the present cohort of 30 melanoma patients with surgically treated BM was 7 months (95% confidence interval (CI) 5.7-8.3). Initial elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (>10 mg/L), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) >= 4, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) >= 145, and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) < 2 were associated with significantly reduced OS rates. Conclusions: The present study identifies several preoperative peripheral inflammatory markers as indicators for poor prognosis in melanoma patients with BM undergoing neurosurgical treatment. Elevated initial CRP values, higher NLR and PLR, and lower LMR were associated with reduced OS and, thus, might be incorporated into preoperative interdisciplinary treatment planning and counseling for affected patients.
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