Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios inversely correlate to clinical and pathologic stage in patients with resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Alejandro Recio-BoilesAparna NallagangulaSummana VeeravelliJessica VondrakKathylynn SabodaDenise RoeEmad ElquzaAli McBrideHani M Babiker

Published in: Annals of pancreatic cancer (2019)

These findings suggest that NLR/PLR inversely correlates with RM and lymph node status in patients with R-PDAC, but require prospective evaluation in clinically defined scenarios.

Keyphrases

lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
locally advanced
peripheral blood
climate change
sentinel lymph node
rectal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
liver metastases