Prognostic significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in HPV status era for oropharyngeal cancer.
Giuseppe FanettiDaniela AlterioGiulia MarvasoSara GandiniDamaris Patricia RojasCarlo GobittiEmilio MinatelAlberto RevelantAngela CaroliClaudia Maria FranciaOmbretta AlessandroMatteo PepaSimone Giovanni GugliandoloAnna StarzyńskaJerry PoleselEmanuela VaccherMaria Cossu RoccaMarta TagliabueMohssen AnsarinValentina LupatoVittorio GiacomarraAntonino De PaoliRoberto OrecchiaGiovanni FranchinBarbara Alicja Jereczek-FossaPublished in: Oral diseases (2020)
A baseline NLR ≥ 3 at treatment initiation represented a negative prognostic marker for OPC treated with definitive CRT. These results are in line with literature data, and prognostic value of NLR has been confirmed restaging our cohort with new TNM staging (8th ed.). Therefore, NLR could be considered a valuable biomarker for risk stratification in pts with OPC.