Victoria Psomiadou, Anastasia Prodromidou, Elpis Galati, Ioannis D Kostakis, Athanasios Maliaros, Ioannis Mamais, Nikolaos Blontzos, Fotios Lefkopoulos, Christos Iavazzo, George Vorgias
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Abstract
Aim of the study: Our aim was to analyse the feasibility of white blood cell and platelet counts along with their ratios as a prognostic factor in patients who underwent surgery for ovarian mass.
Material and methods: We retrospectively studied the patients admitted in the Department of Gynaecology due to adnexal mass. The potential association of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte-ratio (NLR), neutrophil-to-monocyte (NMR), platelet-to-lymphocyte (PLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte (LMR), monocyte-to-platelet, and malignancy was evaluated.
Results: Patients with malignant tumours were found with significantly higher ratios of NLR (p < 0.001) and PLR (p < 0.001) and lower LMR ratio (p < 0.001) compared to those with benign tumours. Furthermore, higher lymphocyte count (p = 0.04) and platelet count (p = 0.004) were found in cancer patients when compared with borderline tumours. No significant variations were detected regarding white blood cell count (p = 0.238), NMR ratio (p = 0.28), platelet-to-neutrophil ratio (p = 0.12), and platelet-to-monocyte ratio (p = 0.34).
Conclusions: Inflammation biomarker ratios can easily and inexpensive assist in distinguishing malignant ovarian tumours from benign ones.