@article { author = {}, title = {Utility of Peripheral Blood Parameters in Predicting Breast Cancer Risk}, journal = {Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention}, volume = {16}, number = {6}, pages = {2409-2412}, year = {2015}, publisher = {West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter.}, issn = {1513-7368}, eissn = {2476-762X}, doi = {}, abstract = {Purpose: We aimed to study the inflammatory parameters of complete blood count in breast cancer cases.Materials and Methods: This retrospective study covered 178 breast cancer patients and 107 age and body massindex matched healthy women. Complete blood count parameters, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and MPV/platelet were analyzed. Results: The leukocyte, neutrophil and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio were higher in the patient group (p values 0.001, 0.0001 and 0.0001, respectively) whilehaemoglobin and hematocrit were higher in the control group (p=0.0001 for both). Logistic regression analysisshowed that elevated neutrophils and platelet distribution width (PDW) (OR: 0.627, 95%CI: 0.508-0.774, p=0.001and OR: 1.191 95%CI: 1.057-1.342 p=0.003) were independent variables for predicting breast cancer. The cutoffvalue for the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio was 2.56. Conclusions: According to our study results, neutrophillevels as part of complete blood count may be used as an independent predictor of breast cancer risk.}, keywords = {breast cancer,complete blood count,Neutrophils,Platelet distribution width}, url = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_30730.html}, eprint = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_30730_0daf3141e3189eba6b5f1eeb34fd728c.pdf} }