Underlying liver disease and advanced stage liver cancer are associated with elevated neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio

Background/Aims Inflammation-based scores, such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), have been associated with prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); but variable cut-off values and potential lack of specificity have limited the utility of NLR. This study evaluates NLR in a large cohor...

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Main Authors: Linda Wong, Kliment Bozhilov, Brenda Hernandez, Sandi Kwee, Owen Chan, Luke Ellis, Loic LeMarchand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2019-09-01
Series:Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
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Online Access:http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-2019-0004.pdf