Pretreatment neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in determining the prognosis of head and neck cancer: A meta-analysis

BMC Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Yu, Yalian ^a   Wang, Hongbo ^a   Yan, Aihui ^a   Wang, Hailong ^a   Li, Xinyao ^a   Liu, Jiangtao ^b   Li, Wei ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Meta analysis; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; EFFECT SIZE; HAZARD RATIO; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BLOOD; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLISHING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 85044999778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-018-4230-z     Document Type: Article

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