Open AccessPrognostic role of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in operable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Hao Duan,
Xu Zhang,
Fei Xiang Wang,
Mu Yan Cai,
Wei Guo,
Hong Yang,
Jianhua Fu,
Zhichao Tan,
Meng Yan-fa,
Xiafei Fu,
Qi Long,
Peng Lin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5591
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , gastroenterology , neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio , receiver operating characteristic , proportional hazards model , multivariate analysis , esophageal cancer , carcinoma , cancer , lymphocyte , oncology
To determine the prognostic significance of preoperative serum neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).