The Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio is an Independent Prognostic Factor in Patients with Metastatic Gastric Cancer

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Departments of Medical Oncology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Turkey

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Inflammation can play an important role in cancer progression and the prognostic importance of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), a marker of inflammation, in cancer is a current investigation topic. In the present study, we aimed to determine whether there is a prognostic link between NLR and metastatic gastric cancer (mGC). A total of 143 patients from the Akdeniz University and Antalya Training and Research Hospital database were retrospectively analyzed. The median NLR value was 3.34. The median overall survival (OS) and median progression-free survival (PFS) were 11.6 and 7.9 months, respectively, in patients with NLRvalues were 8.3 and 6.2 months respectively in patients with NLR >3.34 (pstudy showed that increased NLR is an independent prognostic factor associated with short survival in patients with mGC.
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Volume 17, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
March 2016
Pages 1309-1312

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