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Trial reportMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2014

Prognostic impact of circulating monocytes and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio on previously untreated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving platinum-based doublet.

Gui-Nan Lin, Jie-Wen Peng, Jian-jun Xiao, Dong-Ying Liu, Zhong-Jun Xia

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Trial report in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. The lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio as a prognostic indicator in head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2018
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  13. The prognostic value of before treatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Gui-Nan LinDepartment of Medical Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan City People's Hospital, Zhongshan, People's Republic of China.
Jie-Wen Peng
Jian-jun Xiao
Dong-Ying Liu
Zhong-Jun Xia

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The link between circulating lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) and newly diagnosed metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is not fully defined. The study was conducted to evaluate the prognostic impact of LMR on survival outcomes in previously untreated metastatic NSCLC patients receiving platinum-based doublet. Chemotherapy-naive metastatic NSCLC patients undergoing platinum-based doublet were retrospectively enrolled. Clinical features regarding gender, age, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status, histology, absolute lymphocyte count (ALC), absolute monocyte count (AMC) and LMR were collected to determinate their prognostic impact on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Up to 370 patients were eligible for the study. By univariate analysis, ECOG performance status, histology, ALC, AMC and LMR were showed to be significantly associated with PFS and OS. In subsequent Cox multivariate analysis, non-squamous cell carcinoma, ALC ≥ 2.45 × 10(9)/L, AMC <0.45 × 10(9)/L and LMR ≥ 4.56 were demonstrated to be independently correlated with better PFS. In addition, independent favorable prognostic factors for OS were only limited to LMR ≥ 4.56 and non-squamous cell carcinoma, whereas ECOG performance status of 2 and AMC ≥ 0.45 × 10(9)/L remained as independently inferior prognostic indicators for OS. Our findings implicate that circulating AMC and LMR are regarded as independent prognostic factors for PFS and OS in previously untreated metastatic NSCLC patients receiving platinum-based doublet.

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LymphocytesMonocytesAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCarboplatinCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCisplatinDisease-Free SurvivalDocetaxelFemaleGlutamatesGuanineHumansLung NeoplasmsLymphocyte CountCarboplatinCisplatinDocetaxelGlutamatesGuaninePaclitaxelPemetrexedTaxoids

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