An Elevated Peripheral Blood Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts Poor Prognosis in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Liang ^a   Long, Wen ^a   Li, Peng Fei ^a   Lin, Yong Bin ^a   Liang, Ying ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL RATIO; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; MONOCYTE LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY PULMONARY LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA LIKE CARCINOMA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; CYTOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84929190943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126269     Document Type: Article

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