Open AccessA prospective comparative clinical study of peripheral blood counts and indices in patients with primary brain tumors
Author(s) -
Subeikshanan Venkatesan,
Akshat Dutt,
Debdatta Basu,
MN Tejus,
V. P. Maurya,
VS Madhugiri
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.180551
Subject(s) - medicine , peripheral blood , prospective cohort study , peripheral , pathology , oncology
Elevation of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been shown to be an indicator of poor prognosis in many malignancies including recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.