Abstract: Objective To explore the predictive value of red blood cell count for postoperative survival of patients
with primary liver cancer. Methods Total of 120 cases with primary liver cancer (PLC) who underwent resection
operation in our hospital from January 2007 to December 2012 were selected. The blood indicators were detected
by automatic blood analyzer and blood biochemical analyzer. The cumulative survival curve was drew by Kaplan-
Meier method according to the clinic data and medical records of the patients. Cox proportional hazards regression
model was used for multivariate analysis to determine the factors that affected cumulative survival time. Results
The average age of the 120 cases with PLC was (56.98 ± 14.39) years, patients who were male, with cirrhosis,
without PVTT, TNM Ⅲ~Ⅳ, Child-Pugh A grade, tumor size ≥ 5 cm and RBC < (3.5~5.0)× 10 12 /L were
in the majority. PVTT, tumor size, Child-Pugh stage, TNM stage, TBil, ALT, AST, AST/ALT, ALP, GGT, ALB, A/
G and PT in PLC patients with different RBC levels had statistical significance (P < 0.05). Single factor Logistic
regression analysis showed that PVTT, tumor size, Child-Pugh stage, TNM stage, TBil, ALT, AST, AST/ALT, ALP,
GGT, ALB, A/G, RBC and PT were the risk factors of survival time in patients with primary liver cancer (P < 0.05).
Multi factor Logistic regression analysis showed that Child-Pugh B and C grade, TNM Ⅲ~Ⅳ stage, AST/ALT
and GGT higher than the standard and RBC lower than the standard were the risk factors of cumulative survival
time in patients with primary liver cancer (P < 0.05). After 5 years of follow-up, the survival rate of standard count
of red blood cells in patients with primary liver cancer [33.33% (11/33)] was higher than that of the low RBC count
patients with primary liver cancer [26.44% (23/87)], the difference was statistically signifiant (χ 2 = 5.22, P = 0.007).
Conclusions The blood number of RBC lower than the standard was one of the risk factors affecting the survival
time of patients with primary liver cancer. RBC count had great significance in predicting the survival time of
patients with primary liver cancer, and it also had a certain value for the disease progression.
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