The correlation between the systemic immune-inflammation index and relapse and metastasis in cervical squamous cell carcinoma patients over 50 years and older

Yanjun Jiao & Liyan Sha et al. · 2026-01-29

The aim of this study was to confirm the association of systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) with relapse and metastasis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) in patients over 50 years and older. This retrospective study included 470 patients aged 50 years and older with CSCC who were treated at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University between January 2020 and January 2023. The patients were divided into two groups according to median SII: high SII (n = 235) and low SII (n = 235). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis, subgroup analysis, and receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis were used to explore the association of SII with relapse and metastasis. The total population was 470, of which 161 (34%) relapsed and 133 metastasized (28.3%). Compared with low SII, high SII group had higher probability of relapse and metastasis (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that, after adjusting for all confounding factors, each additional standard deviation in SII increased the risk of relapse by 28.5%, and the risk of relapse was 1.568 times higher for high SII than for low SII (P < 0.05). In addition, each additional unit in log Higher levels of SII are significantly associated with a higher risk of relapse and metastasis, indicating that SII may have important clinical value in the prognosis assessment of CSCC.
Authors
Yanjun Jiao, Yang He, Binyan Zhao, Liyan Sha