Prognostic significance of the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio in patients with small cell lung cancer

Medical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Go, Se Il ^a   Kim, Rock Bum ^b   Song, Haa Na ^a   Kang, Myoung Hee ^a   Lee, Un Seok ^a   Choi, Hye Jung ^a   Lee, Seung Jun ^a   Cho, Yu Ji ^a   Jeong, Yi Yeong ^a   Kim, Ho Cheol ^a   Lee, Jong Deog ^a   Kim, Seok Hyun ^c   Kang, Jung Hun ^a,d   Ling, Hui ^e   Lee, Gyeong Won ^a,d  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang Institute of the Life Science   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte; Monocyte; Overall survival; Small cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; IRINOTECAN; PLATINUM; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL RATIO; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE MONOCYTE RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84919922345     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-014-0323-y     Document Type: Article

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