<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SHIBUYA, NORISUKE</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ISHIZUKA, MITSURU</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TAKAGI, KAZUTOSHI</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IWASAKI, YOSHIMI</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HACHIYA, HIROYUKI</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AOKI, TAKU</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">KUBOTA, KEIICHI</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Relationship Between Preoperative Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and Survival After Surgery in Patients with Colorectal Cancer</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anticancer Research</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018-12-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6783-6788</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.21873/anticanres.13049</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">38</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aim: To investigate the relationship between erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and postoperative survival of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Materials and Methods: Relationships between clinical characteristics and overall survival (OS) of patients with CRC were investigated using multivariate analysis. Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis was performed to decide the ideal cut-off values of clinical characteristics to divide patients into two groups, which were then compared using a survival curve analysis. Results: Three hundred and eleven patients with CRC undergoing surgery were enrolled. Multivariate analysis showed that ESR &gt;40 mm/h (hazard ratio(HR)=2.601, 95% confidence interval(CI)=1.187-5.697; p=0.017) was associated with poorer OS, along with non-tubular pathology (p=0.034). Kaplan–Meier analysis revealed that patients with ESR &gt;40 mm/h had poorer postoperative survival than those without ESR elevation (p&lt;0.001). Conclusion: Preoperative elevation of ESR (&gt;40 mm/h) can predict poorer postoperative survival in patients with CRC.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>