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The neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of successful conversion surgery for stage IV gastric cancer: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Conversion surgery (CS) following a response to chemotherapy occasionally leads to prolonged survival in patients with stage IV gastric cancer (GC). This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for the success of CS in patients with stage IV...

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Naohiko, Kinami, Shinichi, Tomita, Yasuto, Miyata, Takashi, Fujita, Hideto, Takamura, Hiroyuki, Ueda, Nobuhiko, Kosaka, Takeo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32349701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-06884-4