The prognostic significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio at different time points in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma receiving liver resection

Department of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplant Program, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China; Organ Transplantation Institute of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China Contributions: (I) Conception and design: T Dai, G Wang; (II) Administrative support: G Wang; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: Y Yang, G Chen, G Wang; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: T Dai, G Lin, M Deng; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: S Zhu, H Li, J Yao; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. Correspondence to: Guoying Wang. Department of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplant Program, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou 510630, China. Email: wanggy3@126.com.