Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Albumin-Globulin Ratio in Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.

Preoperative albumin-globulin ratio (AGR) reflects both malnutrition and systemic inflammation in cancer patients. In particular, systemic inflammation has been reported to contribute to tumor progression and poor oncological outcome in various malignancies. However, the prognostic value of preopera...

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Main Authors: Bo Zhang, Wei Yu, Li-Qun Zhou, Zhi-Song He, Cheng Shen, Qun He, Jun Li, Li-Bo Liu, Cong Wang, Xiao-Yu Chen, Yu Fan, Shuai Hu, Lei Zhang, Wen-Ke Han, Jie Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4682975?pdf=render