Prognostic Value of an Inflammation-Related Index in 6,865 Chinese Patients With Postoperative Digestive Tract Cancers: The FIESTA Study

• Published in: Frontiers in oncology Vol. 9; p. 427
• Main Authors: Zhang, Xinran, Hu, Dan, Lin, Xiandong, Zhang, Hejun, Xia, Yan, Lin, Jinxiu, Zheng, Xiongwei, Peng, Feng, Jie, Jianzheng, Niu, Wenquan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 22.05.2019
• Subjects: digestive tract cancer; FIESTA study; mortality; neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; Oncology; platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; prognosis; platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; mortality; neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; FIESTA study; digestive tract cancer; prognosis

We sought to determine the optimal cutting points for two inflammatory biomarkers, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), to assess their prognostic value in patients with postoperative digestive tract cancers overall and by cancer sites, and further to constru...