Preoperative monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts recurrence in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Ferdinando Carlo Maria CananziEleonora Maddalena MinervaLaura SamàLaura RuspiFederico SicoliLorenzo ContiUberto Fumagalli RomarioVittorio Lorenzo Quagliuolo

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2018)

MLR, NLR, and PLR are independent prognostic factors for DFS in GISTs. We first demonstrated the role of MLR as a predictor of recurrence in GIST. Its inclusion into clinical management may improve the recurrence estimation.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
free survival
peripheral blood
endothelial cells
immune response