Are preoperative inflammatory and nutritional markers important for the prognosis of patients with peritoneal metastasis of colorectal cancer?

Table 2 Clinical relevance of the association between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, hemoglobin, and colorectal cancer prognosis

Parameter	High NLR	Low Hb
Clinical associated factors	Higher secretion of chemokines and inflammatory cytokines	Anemia and iron losses (bleeding, ingestion and absorption deficiency)
Clinical outcomes	Suppression of apoptosis, increased proliferation, migration, and invasion of tumor cells, and organ dysfunction	Reduced erythropoiesis, low iron release, cachexia
Number of patients admitted with CRC-PM (poor prognosis)	40.6% (54/133)	70.6% (94/133)

CRC: Colorectal cancer; Hb: Hemoglobin; NLR: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.