Elevated Preoperative Neutrophil:Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Postoperative Disease Recurrence in Esophageal Cancer

BACKGROUND: The prognosis for patients with esophageal cancer is poor, even among those who undergo potentially curative esophagectomy. The neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is hypothesized to reflect the systemic inflammatory response created by a tumor and is possibly predictive of tumor aggressiv...

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Main Authors: Sharaiha, Reem Z., Halazun, Karim J., Mirza, Farooq, Port, Jeffrey L., Lee, Paul C., Neugut, Alfred I., Altorki, Nasser K., Abrams, Julian A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192937/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21547702
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-011-1754-8
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