Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio predicts pathologic tumor response and survival after preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer

BMC Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Ik Yong ^a   You, Sei Hwan ^a   Kim, Young Wan ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio; Preoperative chemoradiation; Rectal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLON RESECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRENDS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84927566666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-14-94     Document Type: Article

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