Open AccessPrognostic value of preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in histological variants of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Author(s) -
Dengxiong Li,
Xiaoming Wang,
Yin Tang,
Yubo Yang,
Dechao Feng,
Ao Li,
Facai Zhang,
Yunjin Bai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
investigative and clinical urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.653
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2466-054X
pISSN - 2466-0493
DOI - 10.4111/icu.20210278
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , bladder cancer , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , youden's j statistic , receiver operating characteristic , neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio , gastroenterology , oncology , retrospective cohort study , cancer , lymphocyte , urology
Many studies identified that the preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (PNLR) was associated with patient prognosis in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). We hypothesized that PNLR could be prognostic in patients with histological variants of NMIBC (VH-NMIBC).