Neutrophils to lymphocytes ratio as a useful prognosticator for stage II colorectal cancer patients

Neutrophils to lymphocytes ratio as a useful prognosticator for stage II colorectal cancer patients

Abstract Background The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is expected to increase by 80% in year 2035. Even though advantages in treatment of CRC have being made over the last decades, the outcome remains poor. Recently, several inflammatory markers including pretreatment neutrophil to lymphocyte...

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Main Authors: Nikoletta Dimitriou, Evangelos Felekouras, Ioannis Karavokyros, Andreas Alexandrou, Emmanuel Pikoulis, John Griniatsos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Colorectal cancer
Prognosis
Inflammatory markers
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio
Survival
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-5042-x

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