Abstract:
:The impact of albumin to globulin ratio (AGR) on the prognosis of various human cancers has not been well established. Here, a systemic review and meta-analysis has been performed to comprehensively assess the relationships between AGR and lymph node metastasis (LNM) or overall survival (OS). Systematical search through six electronic databases has been carried out to identify reports involving the role of AGR on OS and LNM in human cancers. Hazard ratio (HR), odd ratio (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were evaluated through meta-analysis according to standard steps. Of 403 studies retrieved, 14 eligible studies with 4136 patients were included in this study. The analysis based on random-effect model demonstrated that low AGR was significantly associated with poor OS in various cancers (HR=1.87, 95% CI 1.50-2.34; P < 0.001). Subsequent results showed a significant increase in the risk of LNM in the low AGR group when compared with high AGR group (HR=2.24; 95% CI=1.49-3.36; P<0.001). To conclusion, this study suggested that AGR was associated with OS and LNM in cancer patients and AGR may be a potential marker to assess prognosis of cancer patients. However, a large scale of samples and prospective studies are needed in the future to validate the role of AGR in practice.
journal_name
J Cancerjournal_title
Journal of Cancerauthors
Chi J,Xie Q,Jia J,Liu X,Sun J,Chen J,Yi Ldoi
10.7150/jca.24889subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-06-12 00:00:00pages
2341-2348issue
13issn
1837-9664pii
jcav09p2341journal_volume
9pub_type
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