Post-treatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts for overall survival in brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery.
Mudit ChowdharyJeffrey M SwitchenkoRobert H PressJaymin JhaveriZachary S BuchwaldPhilip A BlumenfeldGaurav MarwahaAidnag DiazDian WangRoss A AbramsJeffrey J OlsonHui-Kuo G ShuWalter J CurranKirtesh R PatelPublished in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2018)
Post-treatment NLR, a potential marker for post-SRS inflammatory response, is inversely associated with OS in patients with BM. If prospectively validated, NLR is a simple, systemic marker that can be easily used to guide subsequent management.