Blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is prognostic in gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 593-599

  Perez, Daniel R ^a   Baser, Raymond E ^a   Cavnar, Michael J ^a   Balachandran, Vinod P ^a   Antonescu, Cristina R ^a   Tap, William D ^a   Strong, Vivian E ^a   Brennan, Murray F ^a   Coit, Daniel G ^a   Singer, Samuel ^a   DeMatteo, Ronald P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTUM; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84876980317     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2682-y     Document Type: Article

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