A novel and accurate predictor of survival for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after surgical resection: The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) combined with the aspartate aminotransferase/platelet count ratio index (APRI)

BMC Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ji, Fei ^a   Liang, Yao ^b   Fu, Shun Jun ^a   Guo, Zhi Yong ^a   Shu, Man ^a   Shen, Shun Li ^a   Li, Shao Qiang ^a   Peng, Bao Gang ^a   Liang, Li Jian ^a   Hua, Yun Peng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase platelet count ratio index; Biomarkers; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE PLATELET COUNT RATIO INDEX; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLATELET LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PROGNOSTIC NUTRITIONAL INDEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PLATELET COUNT; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959514087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2189-1     Document Type: Article

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