Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical value of P-glycoprotein 1 (Pgp1) expression, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and fibrinogen (FIB) concentration in predicting the prognosis of colorectal carcinoma. Methods A total of 223 patients, who underwent radical resection of colorectal carcinoma in our hospital were involved as the research objects. All patients were diagnosed with stage I or II colorectal carcinoma according to the Seventh Edition AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. After operation cancer pathological specimens were collected from all patients, and these patients were followed up for 5 years. The patients were divided into a good prognosis group and a poor prognosis group according to the endpoint of follow-up. The prognostic sensitivity and specificity of Pgp1, NLR, FIB and the combination of Pgp1, NLR and FIB were evaluated. Results Pathological type, intestine obstruction before surgery, complications after surgery, Pgp1 expression, NLR and FIB were the independent risk factors influencing prognosis of colorectal cancer (P < 0.05). The ROC analysis showed that the AUC of NLR, FIB, and the combination of NLR and FIB were 0.801, 0.678 and 0.856, respectively. The AUC of the combination of NLR and FIB was the largest. The combined detection of NLR and FIB could improve the sensitivity (78%) and specificity (79%) of predicting the prognosis of colorectal carcinoma. Conclusions The sensitivity of combined NLR and FIB in predicting the prognosis of colorectal carcinoma is higher than the individual sensitivity of Pgp1, NLR and FIB alone. Furthermore, the combined detection of NLR and FIB can improve the accuracy of prognosis prediction for the patients with colorectal carcinoma, allowing for the timely development of accurate medical programs to improve the prognosis of the patients.