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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2019

Prognostic Nomograms in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The Negative Impact of Low Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio.

Davide Mattavelli, Davide Lombardi, Francesco Missale, Stefano Calza, Simonetta Battocchio, Alberto Paderno, Anna Bozzola, Paolo Bossi, William Vermi, Cesare Piazza and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Prognostic impact of perineural invasion in oral cancer: a systematic review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2022
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  2. The prognostic impact of perioperative metabolic variables in head and neck cancer: a prospective study.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2026
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  12. Significance of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of outcome in head and neck cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Davide MattavelliUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Davide LombardiUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Francesco MissaleDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Stefano CalzaUnit of Biostatistics and Biomathematics and Unit of Bioinformatics, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Simonetta BattocchioUnit of Pathology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Alberto PadernoUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Anna BozzolaUnit of Pathology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Paolo BossiUnit of Medical Oncology, Department of Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
William VermiUnit of Pathology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Cesare PiazzaUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Maxillofacial, and Thyroid Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS, National Cancer Institute of Milan, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Piero NicolaiUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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extranodal extensionhead and neck cancerneutrophil to lymphocyte rationomogramsoral cancerperineural spreadprognosissquamous cell carcinoma

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PMCPMC6503119

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