Fibrinogen plasma levels are an independent prognostic parameter in patients with cervical cancer

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between fibrinogen plasma levels on disease-free patients and overall survival in patients with cervical cancer. Pretherapeutic fibrinogen plasma levels were examined in 313 patients with cervical cancer who were treated at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna. Fibrinogen plasma levels were correlated with clinical-pathologic findings and patient survival. Mean (+/- SD) pretherapeutic fibrinogen plasma levels were 417.4 mg/dL (+/- 130.3 mg/dL). Elevated fibrinogen plasma levels were associated with advanced tumor stage (P < .001) and patient age (P < .001), but not with histologic type (P = .4), histologic grade (P = .1), and pelvic lymph node involvement (P = .9). In a multivariate survival analysis, fibrinogen plasma levels (P < .001 and < .001) and lymph node involvement (P < .001 and = .001), but not patients' age (P = .8 and .4) and histologic type (P = .7 and .5) were associated with overall or disease-free survival, respectively. Histologic grade was associated with disease-free (P = .01), but not with overall, survival (P = .2). Fibrinogen plasma levels are an independent prognostic parameter in patients with cervical cancer.