Prognostic significance of the albumin-to-globulin ratio for advanced urothelial carcinoma treated with pembrolizumab: a multicenter retrospective study

Autor: Satoru Taguchi, Taketo Kawai, Tohru Nakagawa, Yu Nakamura, Jun Kamei, Daisuke Obinata, Kenya Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki Kaneko, Shigenori Kakutani, Mayuko Tokunaga, Yukari Uemura, Yusuke Sato, Tetsuya Fujimura, Hiroshi Fukuhara, Yutaka Enomoto, Hiroaki Nishimatsu, Satoru Takahashi, Haruki Kume
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95061-z
Popis: Abstract Although the albumin-to-globulin ratio (AGR) is a promising biomarker, no study has investigated its prognostic significance for advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC). This study conformed to the REporting recommendations for tumor MARKer prognostic studies (REMARK) criteria. We retrospectively reviewed 176 patients with advanced UC treated with pembrolizumab between 2018 and 2020. We evaluated the associations between pretreatment clinicopathological variables, including the AGR and performance status (PS), with progression-free survival, cancer-specific survival, and overall survival. The Cox proportional hazards model was used for univariate and multivariable analyses. The AGR was dichotomized as
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