Neutrophil/Lymphocyte ratio has no predictive or prognostic value in breast cancer patients undergoing preoperative systemic therapy

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Suppan, Christoph ^a   Bjelic Radisic, Vesna ^a   La Garde, Marlen ^a   Groselj Strele, Andrea ^a   Eberhard, Katharina ^a   Samonigg, Hellmut ^a   Loibner, Hans ^b   Dandachi, Nadia ^a   Balic, Marija ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Apeiron Biologics Forschungs und Entwicklungsgesellschaft MbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Inflammation; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Predictive marker; Preoperative; Prognostic marker

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE SYSTEMIC TREATMENT; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIMARY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR INVASION; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84952665646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-2005-3     Document Type: Article

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