Prognostic impact of pretreatment lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio in advanced epithelial cancers: a meta-analysis
Abstract Background There is increasing evidence that inflammation-based biomarkers are associated with tumor microenvironment which plays important roles in cancer progression. A high lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), has been suggested to indicate favorable prognoses in various epithelial cancer...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-12-01
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Series: | Cancer Cell International |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12935-018-0698-5 |