Correlation between preoperative CA19-9/GGT ratio and postoperative long-term survival of distal cholangiocarcinoma / 中华肝胆外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:This research aimed to study the relationship between preoperative CA19-9/GGT ratio and postoperative long-term survival in patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma.Methods:The clinical data of 121 patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma who underwent radical pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) at the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from January 2013 to December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The ROC curve was drawn based on the preoperative CA19-9/GGT ratio and postoperative 1-year survival. Using the best cut-off value of CA19-9/GGT ratio, the 121 patients were divided into two groups the low ratio group (CA19-9/GGT≤0.12, n=53) and the high ratio group (CA19-9/GGT>0.12, n=68). The clinical data of the two groups were compared, and the risk factors of long-term survival were analyzed. Results:There were 72 male and 49 female patients, aged (64.9±9.2) years. When compared with the high ratio group, the low ratio group had significantly less requirement for preoperative jaundice reduction, lower CA19-9, higher GGT, better tumor differentiation, and more patients without lymph node metastasis (all P<0.05). The median follow-up time was 26 months. The 1-, 3- and 5-year survival rates of the low vs. high ratio groups were 89.4% vs. 64.7%, 64.4% vs. 14.1%, 48.7% vs. 14.1%, respectively (all P<0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that CA19-9/GGT ratio>0.12 ( RR=2.802, 95% CI 1.494-5.256), poor differentiation ( RR=1.855, 95% CI 1.106-3.111) and lymph node metastasis ( RR=1.891, 95% CI 1.129-3.169) were independent risk factors for long-term survival ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The ratio of CA19-9/GGT could be used as an index to predict long-term survival of patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma after PD. The smaller the ratio, the better was the long-term prognosis.