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The ratio of neutrophils to lymphocytes and the phenotypes of neutrophils in patients with early gastric cancer.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jan 1998
Hirashima M, Higuchi S, Sakamoto K, Nishiyama T, Okada H
Abstract excerpt
We examined 55 patients (40 male, 15 female) who were diagnosed from 1987 to 1991 as having early gastric cancer (EGC) stage I according to the general rules of classification of the Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer. Of the 55 patients, 42 (30 male, 12 female) were alive in April 1992. The prognosis correlated well with the ratio of neutrophils to lymphocytes (N/L ratio) but not with the total number...
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