Glasgow Prognostic Score is a predictor of perioperative and long-term outcome in patients with only surgically treated esophageal cancer.

  • Yogesh Vashist
  • Julian Loos
  • Josephine Dedow
  • Michael Tachezy
  • Faik Güntac Uzunoglu
  • Asad Kutup
  • Emre F. Yekebas
  • Jakob R. Izbicki

Abstract

Systemic inflammation (SI) plays a pivotal role in cancer. C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin as parameters of SI form the Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS). The purpose of the study was to evaluate the potential prognostic role of GPS in a homogeneous population of esophageal cancer (EC) patients undergoing only resection.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number4
ISSN1068-9265
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 20981494