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Background/aim: Predicting the prognosis of metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) patients is needed for clinical decisions. We examined the value of a modified Glasgow prognostic score (mGPS) as a predictive marker for mUC patients.
Patients And Methods: In a multicenter study, 68 mUC patients received short hydration gemcitabine/cisplatin (shGC) and 74 received pembrolizumab (PEM). Patients were allocated according to mGPS. Progression-free (PFS) and cancer-specific (CSS) survival were examined.
Results: Higher mGPS reflected poorer PFS and CSS in shGC (p=0.03, p<0.0001, respectively) and PEM (p=0.02, p<0.001, respectively) patients. PFS for the high mGPS group was longer than that of the low mGPS group in the two cohorts (p <0.0001 for both), with similar CSS results (p<0.0001 and p<0.001, respectively). Multivariate analyses revealed high mGPS was a risk factor for poor CSS in both cohorts (HR=3.55, p<0.001, and HR=2.21, p<0.01, respectively).
Conclusion: In the mUC patients receiving shGC or PEM, mGPS was a predictive prognostic marker.
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