Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as prognostic indicator in gastrointestinal cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Oncotarget

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2017, Pages 32171-32189

  Bowen, Randy C ^a   Little, Nancy Ann B ^a   Harmer, Joshua R ^a   Ma, Junjie ^a   Mirabelli, Luke G ^a   Roller, Kyle D ^a   Breivik, Andrew Mackay ^a   Signor, Emily ^a   Miller, Alec B ^a   Khong, Hung T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Gastrointestinal cancers; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Overall survival; Prognostic indicator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BLOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLISHING;

GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBLICATION BIAS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85019126736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.16291     Document Type: Article

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