Open AccessMarkers of Systemic Inflammatory Response are Prognostic Factors in Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (PNETs): A Prospective Analysis
Author(s) -
Apostolos Gaitanidis,
Dhaval Patel,
Naris Nilubol,
Amit Tirosh,
Samira M. Sadowski,
Electron Kebebew
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.764
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1534-4681
pISSN - 1068-9265
DOI - 10.1245/s10434-017-6241-4
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , surgical oncology , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , confidence interval , neuroendocrine tumors , neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio , lymphocyte , oncology , stage (stratigraphy) , paleontology , biology
The prognosis and behavior of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) vary and may be divergent even at the same stage or tumor grade. Markers of systemic inflammatory response are readily available and are inexpensive, and have been shown to be prognostic factors in several cancers.