Breast cancer—epidemiology, risk factors, classification, prognostic markers, and current treatment strategies—an updated review

S Łukasiewicz, M Czeczelewski, A Forma, J Baj… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. It is estimated
that 2.3 million new cases of BC are diagnosed globally each year. Based on mRNA gene …

Prognostic role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AJ Templeton, MG McNamara, B Šeruga… - Journal of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Inflammation may play an important role in cancer progression, and a high
neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been reported to be a poor prognostic indicator in …

[HTML][HTML] The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio: a narrative review

SS Faria, PC Fernandes Jr, MJB Silva… - …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cellular-mediated inflammatory response, lymphocytes, neutrophils, and monocytes are
increasingly being recognised as having an important role in tumorigenesis and …

Prognostic role of platelet to lymphocyte ratio in solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AJ Templeton, O Ace, MG McNamara… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2014 - AACR
Background: Inflammation influences cancer development and progression. An elevated
platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), a marker of inflammation, has been linked to poor …

Utility of pre-treatment neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio and platelet–lymphocyte ratio as prognostic factors in breast cancer

CH Koh, N Bhoo-Pathy, KL Ng, RS Jabir… - British journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Background: Peripheral blood-derived inflammation-based scores such as the neutrophil–
lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet–lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have recently been proposed …

Combined diagnostic efficacy of neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and mean platelet volume (MPV) as biomarkers of systemic …

M Stojkovic Lalosevic, A Pavlovic Markovic… - Disease …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Systemic inflammation in colorectal cancer (CRC) may be reflected by
neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and mean platelet …

Prognostic role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JL Ethier, D Desautels, A Templeton, PS Shah… - Breast Cancer …, 2017 - Springer
Background The presence of a high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been
associated with increased mortality in several malignancies. Here, we quantify the effect of …

Prognostic value of neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio and platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio for breast cancer patients: An updated meta‐analysis of 17079 individuals

W Guo, X Lu, Q Liu, T Zhang, P Li, W Qiao… - Cancer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic effect of neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio
(NLR) and platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (PLR) for patients with breast cancer (BC). Methods …

Prognostic value of PLR in various cancers: a meta-analysis

X Zhou, Y Du, Z Huang, J Xu, T Qiu, J Wang, T Wang… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Recently, more and more studies investigated the association of inflammation
parameters such as the Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) and the prognosis of various …

The elevated preoperative platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts poor prognosis in breast cancer patients

S Krenn-Pilko, U Langsenlehner, EM Thurner… - British journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
Background: The elevation of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), an easily applicable
blood test based on platelet and lymphocyte counts has been associated with poor …