Prognostic Significance of Pre- and Post-operative Red-Cell Distribution Width in Patients with Gastric Cancer

High red cell distribution width (RDW) is reportedly provoked by chronic inflammation and poor nutritional status; high pre-operative RDW is related to poor prognosis in some cancers. However, the prognostic significance of post-operative RDW in gastric cancer (GC) patients is unclear. We enrolled 221 patients who had undergone curative surgery for histopathologically diagnosed gastric adenocarcinoma. Optimal cutoff values were determined by ROC...