Predictive value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for distant metastasis in gastric cancer patients

Abstract As a systemic inflammatory marker, the significance of NLR in predicting tumor prognosis and early lymph node metastasis is well known, including gastric cancer (GC). However, whether NLR can reflect GC metastasis status remains to be explored. We retrospectively enrolled 1667 GC patients t...

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Main Authors: Xin Zhang, Xuan Wang, Wenxing Li, Tuanhe Sun, Dongmei Diao, Chengxue Dang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14379-4