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Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the association between the C-reactive protein-albumin-lymphocyte (CALLY) index and long-term prognosis and postoperative complications in older patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).
Methods: Three hundred three patients with pathological stage (pStage) I-III CRC who underwent curative surgery at our institution between 2015 and 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients aged ≥ 75 years were defined as older.
Results: In the overall cohort, a low CALLY index was an independent prognostic factor (hazard ratio (HR) = 2.42, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.31-4.47, p = 0.004). The age-stratified analysis revealed that a low CALLY index was associated with a worse prognosis and was an independent prognostic factor in older patients (HR = 3.46, 95% CI: 1.44-8.30, p = 0.005), whereas no independent prognostic significance was observed in non-older patients. Moreover, although the CALLY index was not associated with postoperative complications in non-older patients, a low CALLY index was an independent risk factor for postoperative complications in older patients (odds ratio = 3.93, 95% CI 1.49-10.3, p = 0.005).
Conclusion: The CALLY index is a valuable predictor of both short- and long-term outcomes in patients with pStage I-III CRC, with a particularly strong impact on older patients aged ≥ 75 years.
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Surgery Today is the official journal of the Japan Surgical Society. The main purpose of the journal is to provide a place for the publication of high-quality papers documenting recent advances and new developments in all fields of surgery, both clinical and experimental. The journal welcomes original papers, review articles, and short communications, as well as short technical reports("How to do it").
The "How to do it" section will includes short articles on methods or techniques recommended for practical surgery. Papers submitted to the journal are reviewed by an international editorial board. Field of interest: All fields of surgery.