Objective To investigate the effect and predictive value of systemic inflammatory markers on pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). Methods The clinicopathologic data of female patients with LABC who received NACT and radical surgical resection in the Department of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University from February 2019 to February 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The factors affecting pCR after NACT were analyzed by the multivariate logistic regression and the prediction model was established. The efficiency of the prediction model was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and area under the ROC curve (AUC). Results A total of 98 patients were gathered, of which 29 obtained pCR, with a pCR rate of 29.6%. The multivariate analysis of binary logistic regression showed that the patients with non-menopausal status, negative estrogen receptor (ER), chemotherapy+targeted therapy, and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) <532.70 (optimal critical value) were more likely to obtain pCR after NACT (P<0.05). The prediction model was established according to logistic regression analysis: Logit (P)=0.697–2.974×(menopausal status)–1.932×(ER status)+3.277×(chemotherapy regimen)–2.652×(SII). The AUC (95%CI) of the prediction model was 0.914 (0.840, 0.961), P<0.001. Conclusions It is not found that other inflammatory indicators such as neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio are associated with pCR after NACT. But SII is an important predictor of pCR after NACT for LABC and has a good predictive efficiency.

Citation： GAO Xiaoli, WU Bin. Correlation between systemic inflammatory markers and pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2023, 30(4): 443-449. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.202211020 Copy