ABSTRACT
Objective:To analyze the correlation between the Naples prognostic score (NPS) after preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) and evaluate the prognostic value of NPS in LARC.Methods:136 patients with LARC meeting the recruitment criteria from 2015 to 2020 were selected. Serum albumin, total cholesterol (TC) were collected and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and lymphocyte-monocyte ratio were calculated. All patients were scored and graded according to the NPS rule. The survival rate was calculated with Kaplan- Meier method. Multivariate prognostic analysis was performed by Cox models. Results:There was no significant correlation between NPS score and tumor regression or pathological complete response (pCR) of LARC patients after neoadjuvant therapy ( P=0.192, P=0.163). However, Cox multivariate analysis showed that NPS was an independent risk factor for overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) of LARC ( P=0.009, P=0.003), and hierarchical analysis suggested that LARC patients with lower NPS score obtained better prognosis. Besides NPS, tumor size was also an independent risk factor for OS, and tumor size and N stage were the independent risk factors for DFS. Conclusion:NPS has no correlation with tumor regression or pCR for LARC after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, whereas it could serve as an effective predictor for long-term prognosis of LARC.