Prognostic Value of De-Ritis Ratio in Adolescents and Young Adult Patients with Breast Cancer

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:The present study aimed to investigate the potential of ratio of aspartate aminotransaminase to alanine aminotransaminase (De-Ritis ratio) as prognostic marker in adelocesant and young adults(AYAs) patients with breast cancer.METHODS:This study retrospectively evaluated patients aged 18-39 who were followed-up from January 2006 to May 2016 at the Medical Oncology Clinic of Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital. In order to find out De-Ritis ratio cut-off values, ROC curve analysis was used. The patients were divided into two groups according to the cutoff value.RESULTS:We had 190 patients with breast cancer in total. The median age at diagnosis was 34 (min: 23, max: 39). 37 patients (19.5%) experienced a relapse in the follow-up period. Histologically, the great majority of patients were grade 2 and 3. The univariate analysis demonstrated that De-Ritisratio, histological grade, ER status, PR status and Luminal status were good prognostic factors in terms of disease free survival(DFS) [p: 0.014, p: 0.006, p: 0.032, p: 0.002, p: 0.05 respectively]. The group De-Ritis ratio