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ArticleCancers2025

Inflammation and Thyroid Cancer: Deciphering the Role of Blood Immune Indexes.

Salvatore Sorrenti, Gregorio Scerrino, Eleonora Lori, Fabrizio Vassallo, Stefania Saverino, Calogera Amato, Giuseppina Melfa, Pierina Richiusa, Sergio Mazzola, Antonella Lopes and 2 more

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Article in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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

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  4. Association of Anti-TPO Antibody and Inflammatory Markers with Thyroid Ultrasound FindingsEndocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Salvatore SorrentiDepartment of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0427-6648
Gregorio ScerrinoUnit of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, Policlinico "P. Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via Liborio Giuffré 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Eleonora LoriDepartment of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1943-4952
Fabrizio VassalloUnit of General and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, Policlinico "P. Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via Liborio Giuffré 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3813-7750
Stefania SaverinoUnit of General and Oncology Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, Policlinico "P. Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via L. Giuffré, 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-2313-5614
Calogera AmatoUnit of General and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, Policlinico "P. Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via Liborio Giuffré 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppina MelfaUnit of General and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, Policlinico "P. Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via Liborio Giuffré 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9439-3073
Pierina RichiusaDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infantile Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), Section of Endocrinology, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Sergio MazzolaUnit of Clinical Epidemiology and Tumor Registry, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Policlinico "P. Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via L. Giuffré, 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Antonella LopesUnit of General and Oncology Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, Policlinico "P. Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via L. Giuffré, 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppina OrlandoUnit of General and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, Policlinico "P. Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via Liborio Giuffré 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppa GraceffaUnit of General and Oncology Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, Policlinico "P. Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via L. Giuffré, 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInflammation within tumor microenvironments has been correlated to numerous malignancies. This study aims to explore its significance in thyroid cancer (TC).

methodsRetrospective analysis of 157 thyroid carcinomas and 40 benign cases involved initial univariate analysis. The value of neutrophils/value of lymphocytes (NLR), value of platelets/value of lymphocytes (PLR), value of lymphocytes/value of monocytes (LMR), and value of platelets × value of neutrophils/value of lymphocytes (SII) indexes were related to TC characteristics and number and location of involved lymph nodes using χ

resultsThe SII index emerged as a predictor of malignancy in both univariate and multivariate analyses (

conclusionsThe SII index appears to be a valuable tool in the presence of TC, showing correlations with malignancy, tumor size, and CLNMs.

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biomarkersinflammationneutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)systemic immune-inflammation index (SII)thyroid carcinomatumor microenvironment

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PMCPMC12025745

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