Prognostic significance of the albumin-to-globulin ratio for upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

BMC Urol · 2020 · PMC7456038 · PMID 32859201

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Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient showed a weakly significant negative correlation between age at surgery and the AGR (ρ = − 0.25, P < 0.01).

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A low AGR may thus reflect the degree of poor nutritional status (hypoalbuminemia) and tumor progression (hyperglobulinemia) in a more sensitive manner than either measure alone and may therefore serve as a highly significant prognostic biomarker.

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