: Background and objective: Fibrinogen and albumin are two proteins widely used, singularly and in combination, in cancer patients as biomarkers of nutritional status, inflammation and disease prognosis. The aim of our study was to investigate the preoperative fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) as a preoperative predictor of malignancy as well as advanced grade in patients with bladder cancer. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients who underwent TURBT at our institution between 2017 and 2021 was conducted. FAR was obtained from preoperative venous blood samples performed within 30 days from scheduled surgery and was analyzed in relation to histopathological reports, as was the presence of malignancy. Statistical analysis was performed using a Kruskal−Wallis Test, and univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis, assuming p < 0.05 to be statistically significant. Results: A total of 510 patients were included in the study (81% male, 19% female), with a mean age of 71.66 ± 11.64 years. The mean FAR was significantly higher in patients with low-grade and high-grade bladder cancer, with values of 80.71 ± 23.15 and 84.93 ± 29.96, respectively, compared to patients without cancer (75.50 ± 24.81) (p = 0.006). Univariate regression analysis reported FAR to be irrelevant when considered as a continuous variable (OR = 1.013, 95% CI = 1.004−1.022; p = 0.004), while when considered as a categorical variable, utilizing a cut-off set at 76, OR was 2.062 (95% CI = 1.378−3.084; p < 0.0001). Nevertheless, the data were not confirmed in the multivariate analysis. Conclusions: Elevated preoperative FAR is a potential predictor of malignancy as well as advanced grade in patients with bladder cancer. Further data are required to suggest a promising role of the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio as a diagnostic biomarker for bladder tumors.

Preoperative Fibrinogen-to-Albumin Ratio as Potential Predictor of Bladder Cancer: A Monocentric Retrospective Study / Barone, Biagio; Napolitano, Luigi; Reccia, Pasquale; De Luca, Luigi; Morra, Simone; Turco, Carmine; Melchionna, Alberto; Caputo, Vincenzo Francesco; Cirillo, Luigi; Fusco, Giovanni Maria; Mastrangelo, Francesco; Calace, Francesco Paolo; Amicuzi, Ugo; Morgera, Vincenzo; Romano, Lorenzo; Trivellato, Massimiliano; Mattiello, Gennaro; Sicignano, Enrico; Passaro, Francesco; Ferretti, Gianpiero; Giampaglia, Gaetano; Capone, Federico; Manfredi, Celeste; Crocetto, Felice. - In: MEDICINA. - ISSN 1648-9144. - 58:10(2022), p. 1490. [10.3390/medicina58101490]

Preoperative Fibrinogen-to-Albumin Ratio as Potential Predictor of Bladder Cancer: A Monocentric Retrospective Study

Barone, Biagio;Napolitano, Luigi;Reccia, Pasquale;De Luca, Luigi;Morra, Simone;Turco, Carmine;Melchionna, Alberto;Caputo, Vincenzo Francesco;Cirillo, Luigi;Fusco, Giovanni Maria;Mastrangelo, Francesco;Calace, Francesco Paolo;Amicuzi, Ugo;Morgera, Vincenzo;Romano, Lorenzo;Trivellato, Massimiliano;Mattiello, Gennaro;Sicignano, Enrico;Passaro, Francesco;Ferretti, Gianpiero;Giampaglia, Gaetano;Capone, Federico;Crocetto, Felice
2022

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: Background and objective: Fibrinogen and albumin are two proteins widely used, singularly and in combination, in cancer patients as biomarkers of nutritional status, inflammation and disease prognosis. The aim of our study was to investigate the preoperative fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) as a preoperative predictor of malignancy as well as advanced grade in patients with bladder cancer. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients who underwent TURBT at our institution between 2017 and 2021 was conducted. FAR was obtained from preoperative venous blood samples performed within 30 days from scheduled surgery and was analyzed in relation to histopathological reports, as was the presence of malignancy. Statistical analysis was performed using a Kruskal−Wallis Test, and univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis, assuming p < 0.05 to be statistically significant. Results: A total of 510 patients were included in the study (81% male, 19% female), with a mean age of 71.66 ± 11.64 years. The mean FAR was significantly higher in patients with low-grade and high-grade bladder cancer, with values of 80.71 ± 23.15 and 84.93 ± 29.96, respectively, compared to patients without cancer (75.50 ± 24.81) (p = 0.006). Univariate regression analysis reported FAR to be irrelevant when considered as a continuous variable (OR = 1.013, 95% CI = 1.004−1.022; p = 0.004), while when considered as a categorical variable, utilizing a cut-off set at 76, OR was 2.062 (95% CI = 1.378−3.084; p < 0.0001). Nevertheless, the data were not confirmed in the multivariate analysis. Conclusions: Elevated preoperative FAR is a potential predictor of malignancy as well as advanced grade in patients with bladder cancer. Further data are required to suggest a promising role of the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio as a diagnostic biomarker for bladder tumors.
2022
Preoperative Fibrinogen-to-Albumin Ratio as Potential Predictor of Bladder Cancer: A Monocentric Retrospective Study / Barone, Biagio; Napolitano, Luigi; Reccia, Pasquale; De Luca, Luigi; Morra, Simone; Turco, Carmine; Melchionna, Alberto; Caputo, Vincenzo Francesco; Cirillo, Luigi; Fusco, Giovanni Maria; Mastrangelo, Francesco; Calace, Francesco Paolo; Amicuzi, Ugo; Morgera, Vincenzo; Romano, Lorenzo; Trivellato, Massimiliano; Mattiello, Gennaro; Sicignano, Enrico; Passaro, Francesco; Ferretti, Gianpiero; Giampaglia, Gaetano; Capone, Federico; Manfredi, Celeste; Crocetto, Felice. - In: MEDICINA. - ISSN 1648-9144. - 58:10(2022), p. 1490. [10.3390/medicina58101490]
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