INFLAMMATORY HEMATOLOGICAL MARKERS IN PREDICTION OF CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA RECURRENCE IN NEGATIVE SURGICAL MARGINS

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia recurrence after conization surgery. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, patients who underwent conization due to cervical intraepithelial neoplasia were analyzed. Inclusion criteria were cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in the conization specimen with negative surgical margins and at least 12 months follow-up period at our clinical database. Demographic, clinical, pathological data, and preoperative complete blood count findings of the patients were extracted from medical files. Results: There were a total of 105 patients divided into two groups: the recurrence group (n = 30) and the control group (n =85). There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia pathology grades. There was statistically increased number of postconization endocervical positive results in the recurrence group. In the recurrence group, the mean of recurrence free survival was 10.5 months. There were no statistically significant differences in the preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and in other hematologic parameters between the groups. In logistic regression analysis, only endocervical curettage positivity was predictive in estimating recurrence (p=0.002, %95 CI 0.084-0.365). Conclusion: Preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and other inflammatory markers were not predictive of recurrence after conization in women with negative surgical margins. Positive postconization endocervical curettage was the only prognostic factor associated with recurrence after excisional therapy.