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The pretreatment neutrophil‐lymphocyte ratio may predict prognosis of patients with liver cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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At present, several studies have reported that the pretreatment neutrophil‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR) may be associated with the prognosis of liver cancer. Nevertheless, their conclusions remain controversial. Thus, we performed a… Click to show full abstract

At present, several studies have reported that the pretreatment neutrophil‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR) may be associated with the prognosis of liver cancer. Nevertheless, their conclusions remain controversial. Thus, we performed a meta‐analysis of 54 studies to evaluate the prognostic value of NLR.

Keywords: pretreatment neutrophil; neutrophil lymphocyte; lymphocyte ratio; liver cancer; meta analysis

Journal Title: Clinical Transplantation
Year Published: 2018

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