Eurasian Journal of Medicine and Oncology, cilt.4, sa.1, ss.49-53, 2020 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
Objectives: Laryngeal cancer is the most common cancer in head and neck cancer group, of which it constitutes 75%. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common histological subtype. Systemic or local inflammation is a well known promotor for cancer development and progression. Systemic immune inflammation index (S II) has been re-ported as an independent prognostic parameter in various cancers. We aimed to evaluate the capability of SII in predicting the risk of recurrence in patients with operable laryngeal cancer. Methods: We retrospectively collected the data of 100 laryngeal SCC patients who underwent surgery between 2016 and 2018. Neutrophil, lymphocyte, and platelet (Plt) counts were recorded. The SII was calculated as follows: SII= Neu-trophile counts *platelet counts/lymphocyte counts. Results: SI index was found to be an independent prognostic factor as affecting disease recurrence (p<0.05). We found that patients with SII >891 had a risk of disease recurrence of approximately three times more than patients with SII = <891.78 (HR: 3.06 (95% CI: 3.42-132.64). Conclusion: This was the first study to demonstrate that preoperative SI index is a simple and powerful independent predictive index that predicts the risk of disease recurrence in patients with laryngeal cancer.