Association of pre-treatment lymphocyte-monocyte ratio with survival outcome in patients with head and neck cancer treated with chemoradiation
Abstract Background Given the role of systematic inflammation in cancer progression, lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR) from peripheral blood has been suggested as a biomarker to assess the extent of inflammation in several solid malignancies. However, the role of LMR as a prognostic factor in head and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-06-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-11062-3 |