Cancer Medicine
Preoperative RDW –Albumin Ratio as a Prognostic Biomarker in Gastric Cancer Surgery
ABSTRACT Background The ratio of red blood cell distribution width (RDW) to serum albumin (RAR) combines hematologic and nutritional information from routine blood tests and has shown potential value for prognostication in several diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of preoperative RAR in patients with gastric cancer undergoing curative gastrectomy and to explore whether RAR could provide additional prognostic information beyond conventional indicators such as TNM stage. Aims This stu …