Open AccessPlatelet to lymphocyte ratio as a novel prognostic tool for gallbladder carcinoma
Author(s) -
Qing Pang,
Lingqiang Zhang,
Ruitao Wang,
Jianbin Bi,
Jingyao Zhang,
Kai Qu,
Sushun Liu,
Siyuan Song,
Xiayu Xu,
Zhixin Wang,
Chang Liu
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.i21.6675
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , hazard ratio , gastroenterology , carcinoembryonic antigen , stage (stratigraphy) , survival analysis , multivariate analysis , proportional hazards model , univariate analysis , oncology , carcinoma , gallbladder cancer , gallbladder , confidence interval , cancer , biology , paleontology
To preliminarily investigate the prognostic significance of the platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in patients with gallbladder carcinoma (GBC).