Preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as an independent prognostic marker for patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

Clinical Genitourinary Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-341

  Azuma, Takeshi ^a   Matayoshi, Yukihide ^a   Odani, Keiko ^a   Sato, Yohsuke ^a   Sato, Yujiro ^a   Nagase, Yasushi ^a   Oshi, Masaya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio; Prognostic factors; Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UPPER URINARY TRACT UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

NEUTROPHIL-LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; UPPER URINARY TRACT UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84883452878     PISSN: 15587673     EISSN: 19380682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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