Systemic Inflammation Scores Predict the Activity of First-Line Chemotherapy in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Abstract

Background

Systemic inflammation response (SIR)-related variables are controversial as predictive variables.

Methods

Patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) receiving chemotherapy were identified, three SIR-related variables and the relationships between each of them with overall survival (OS) were analysed.

Results

Of 129 patients receiving chemotherapy, 97 had metastases. A significant relationship between SIR and OS has been documented. Each of the SIR-related variables retained its independent prognostic role after multivariate analysis, whereas tri-linear peripheric blood-cell score (TRIS) appeared as the most reliable predictive parameter.

Conclusions

Among patients with mPDAC receiving chemotherapy, SIR is prognostic and could predict the effectiveness of chemotherapy.

Keywords:

• Metastatic pancreatic cancer
• derived neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
• systemic inflammation response
• trilinear peripheric blood cell score

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).