Preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic predictor after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 91, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1519-1522

  Wang, Guo Ying ^a,b   Yang, Yang ^a,b   Zhang, Qi ^a,b   Li, Hua ^a,b   Chen, Guan Zhong ^a,b   Yi, Shu Hong ^a,b   Xu, Chi ^a,b   Wang, Gen Shu ^a,b   Zhang, Jian ^a,b   Yi, Hui Min ^a,b   Jiang, Nan ^a,b   Fu, Bin Sheng ^a,b   Zhao, Hui ^a,b   Li, Min Ru ^a,b   Chen, Ying Hua ^a,b   Cai, Chang Jie ^a,b   Lu, Min Qiang ^a,b   Chen, Gui Hua ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Waste Management Center of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, hepatocellular; Disease free survival; Liver transplantation; Prognosis; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUTROPHILS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84870434738     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2011.22.004     Document Type: Article

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