Preoperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic predictor after curative resection for non-small cell lung cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2995-2998

  Tomita, Masaki ^a   Shimizu, Tetsuya ^a   Ayabe, Takanori ^a   Yonei, Akihiro ^a   Onitsuka, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio; Non small cell lung cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PLEURA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051630641     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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