Clinical Value of Mean Platelet Volume to Platelet Ratio (MPR) in Distinguishing Mass-Forming Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer.

Background: Correctly distinguishing mass-forming chronic pancreatitis (MFCP) from pancreatic cancer (PC) is of clinical significance to determine optimal therapy and improve the prognosis of patients. According to research, inflammation status in PC is different from that in MFCP. Mean platelet volume/platelet ratio (MPR) is a platelet-related inflammation index which has been proven to be valuable in the diagnosis and prognosis of various malignant cancers due to the change in mean platelet volume and platelet count under abnormal inflammatory conditions caused by tumors.

Prognostic Value for Perioperative Serum Total Cholesterol Level on Postoperative Long-Term Prognosis of Pancreatic Cancer: A Retrospective Clinical Study.

Cholesterol correlates with occurrence and progression of pancreatic cancer and has predictive value for postoperative prognosis in various cancers. Our study intended to reveal the relationship between perioperative serum total cholesterol (TC) level and postoperative prognosis of pancreatic cancer. We retrospectively analyzed the data of pancreatic cancer patients who underwent surgical treatment at our hospital from January 2015 to December 2021.

Severity and incidence of complications assessed by the Clavien-Dindo classification following robotic and laparoscopic gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer: a retrospective and propensity score-matched study.

Background: Robot-assisted gastrectomy (RAG) has been increasingly used for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer (AGC), and many advantages over laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) have been reported. However, its postgastrectomy complications still under investigation and the results remain controversial. This study aimed to objectively assess the incidence and severity of complications following RAG vs.