Prognostic significance of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio in patients with gastric cancer: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown that neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) may be associated with the prognosis of gastric cancer (GC), but the results are controversial. METHODS: This study was performed to evaluate the prognostic implications of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio of GC in all availabl...

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Main Authors: Xi Zhang, Wei Zhang, Li-jin Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4234250?pdf=render