Do the derived neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio predict prognosis in breast cancer?


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Dirican A., Kucukzeybek B. B., Alacacioglu A., Kucukzeybek Y., Erten C., Varol U., ...Daha Fazla

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, cilt.20, ss.70-81, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

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Background The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a strong predictor of mortality in patients with cancer. Similarly, a study in a large series has shown that the newly defined derived NLR (dNLR; neutrophil/leukocyte-lymphocyte ratio) also has prognostic value. The present study retrospectively evaluates the prognostic significance of NLR and dNLR in breast cancer.