Preoperative platelet-lymphocyte ratio is superior to neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic factor for soft-tissue sarcoma

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Que, Yi ^a   Qiu, Haibo ^a   Li, Yuanfang ^a   Chen, Yongming ^a   Xiao, Wei ^a   Zhou, Zhiwei ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

NLR; Overall survival; PLR; Prognosis; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT MONITORING; PLATELET LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SARCOMA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SARCOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943581086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1654-6     Document Type: Article

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