Prognostic value of systemic inflammatory markers in ovarian Cancer: a PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis and systematic review

Abstract Background The prognostic effect of elevated systemic inflammatory markers, including neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), remains controversial in cancer patients. This meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the predictive values of these markers for prog...

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Main Authors: Ying Zhu, Sanqin Zhou, Yang Liu, Lingyun Zhai, Xiwen Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4318-5