Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio trend: A novel prognostic predictor in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving radiotherapy.
Pei YangYu ZhaoHao LiangGuanzhi ZhouBassem YoussefHesham ElhalawaniMeizhen LiFengbo TanYi JinHekun JinHong ZhuAbdallah Sherif Radwan MohamedNantavithya ChonnipaDanita KannarunimitYingrui ShiHui WangClifton David FullerPublished in: The International journal of biological markers (2022)
The NLR trend independently predicted the prognosis of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving radiotherapy. The NLR trend and the pretreatment NLR combination is more precise than pretreatment NLR in predicting prognosis. A high NLR trend may be evidence of a positive immune response to radiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.