Prognostic significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in solid tumors: a note on methodological concerns

Biomark Med. 2019 Dec;13(17):1429-1432. doi: 10.2217/bmm-2019-0388. Epub 2019 Oct 10.

Authors

Masayuki Urabe^{1

2}, Hiroharu Yamashita¹, Yasuyuki Seto¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
² Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.

PMID: 31599162
DOI: 10.2217/bmm-2019-0388

No abstract available

Keywords: inflammation; neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; nonlinear; prognosis; solid tumor.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Cell Count / methods*
Humans
Lymphocytes / cytology*
Neoplasms / blood*
Neoplasms / diagnosis
Neoplasms / immunology
Neoplasms / mortality
Neutrophils / cytology*
Prognosis