Lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio is a predictor of clinically significant prostate cancer at prostate biopsy.

Min Chul Cho Sangjun YooMin Soo ChooHwancheol Son Hyeon Jeong

Published in: The Prostate (2021)

Our data indicate that LMR can play an independent predictive role in the detection of CSPCs at initial 12-core-TRUS-Bx compared with ELR. The predictive role of the LMR appears to be significant for men with larger prostate volume rather than those with smaller prostate volume.

Keyphrases

prostate cancer
radical prostatectomy
benign prostatic hyperplasia
peripheral blood
dendritic cells
ultrasound guided
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real time pcr
data analysis