The role of red cell distribution width in the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer

Although the red cell distribution width (RDW) has been reported as a reliable predictor of prognosis in several types of cancer, to our knowledge the prognostic value of RDW in gastric carcinoma has not been studied, so far.We aimed to investigate the role of red cell distribution width (RDW) in predicting prognosis in gastric cancer patients.All gastric cancer patients who underwent curative surgery (n= 172, 110M/62F) over a five-year study...