ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2023
Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio predicts lymph node metastasis in patients with gastric cancer.
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- Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-to-lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Undergoing Endovascular Aneurysm Repair.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Evaluation of peripheral blood inflammation indexes as prognostic markers for colorectal cancer metastasis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Predictive value of machine learning models for lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer: A two-center study.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2024Article
- Integrating Machine Learning and the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) Framework to Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Gastric Cancer Patients Based on Inflammation Indices and Peripheral Lymphocyte Subpopulations.Journal of inflammation research · 2024Article
- Polymorphism rs1057147 located in mesothelin gene predicts lymph node metastasis in patients with gastric cancer.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Comparison of Machine Learning and Logic Regression Algorithms for Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: A two-Center Study.Technology in cancer research & treatmentArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify the independent risk factors of gastric cancer (GC) lymph node metastasis and to determine whether the preoperative neutrophil and lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the platelet and lymphocyte ratio (PLR) can be used as the indicators of gastric cancer lymph node metastasis.
methodsThe pathological data of 221 patients with gastric cancer were retrospectively analyzed, and the risk factors of lymph node metastasis were evaluated. The relationship between preoperative NLR and PLR and the clinical pathology of patients were analyzed, and the effect of these two indexes on lymph node metastasis was predicted through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.
resultsLymph node metastasis correlated with tumor diameter, depth of invasion, Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) stage, preoperative NLR and preoperative PLR (all P<0.05), but not with gender, age and tumor location (all P>0.05). According to the result of multivariate analysis, the degree of differentiation, depth of invasion, TNM staging and NLR were independent risk factors for GC lymph node metastasis.
conclusionThe sensitivity and specificity of PLR, tumor staging and tumor size are lower than NLR. Preoperative NLR can be used as an independent risk factor for the prediction of lymph node metastasis, and one of the effective indicators for predicting the prognosis of patients. Preoperative NLR may be an effective auxiliary tool to assess lymph nodes in GC patients.
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