Baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with outcome of ipilimumab-treated metastatic melanoma patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1904-1910

  Ferrucci, P F ^a   Gandini, S ^a   Battaglia, A ^a   Alfieri, S ^a   Di Giacomo, A M ^b   Giannarelli, D ^c   Cappellini, G C Antonini ^d   De Galitiis, F ^d   Marchetti, P ^e   Amato, G ^b   Lazzeri, A ^b   Pala, L ^a   Cocorocchio, E ^a   Martinoli, C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

biomarker; ipilimumab; lymphocytes; melanoma; neutrophils

Indexed keywords

IPILIMUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTATIC MELANOMA; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; LYMPHOCYTE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930872031     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2015.180     Document Type: Article

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