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ArticleOncotarget2017

A novel inflammation-based prognostic index for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: neutrophil lymphocyte ratio/albumin ratio.

Qiang Zhao, Sheng Chen, Ji-Feng Feng

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qiang ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, P.R.China.
Sheng ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, P.R.China.
Ji-Feng FengDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, P.R.China.
Zhejiang Cancer Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe initially proposed a novel inflammation-based prognostic index, named neutrophil lymphocyte ratio/albumin ratio (NLR/Alb), for predicting the postoperative survival in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). MATERIALS AND

methodsA retrospective study of 329 cases with resectable ESCC was included. The optimal cut-off values were evaluated by X-tile program. The 5-year cancer-specific survival (CSS) was calculated by Kaplan-Meier method. Cox regression analyses were performed to evaluate the prognostic factors.

resultsThe optimal cut-off value was 0.1 for NLR/Alb according to the X-tile program. There was a significantly better 5-year CSS in patients with NLR/Alb ≤ 0.1 than patients with NLR/Alb > 0.1 (39.1% vs. 11.0%,

conclusionsThe NLR/Alb is a novel and usefull predictive factor in patients with ESCC.

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cancer-specific survivalc-reactive proteinesophageal squamous cell carcinomaneutrophil lymphocyte ratioprognosis

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