The pretreatment neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio may predict prognosis of patients with liver cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Clin Transplant
; 32(1)2018 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
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.METHOD:
Databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched to July 2017.RESULT:
A total of 54 studies including 12 979 patients were included in this meta-analysis. Elevated NLR had a close relationship with the overall survival (OS) (HR 1.52; 95% CI 1.39-1.67), recurrence-free survival (RFS) (HR 1.84; 95% CI 1.48-2.30), and disease-free survival (DFS) (HR 1.71; 95% CI 1.39-2.11) of liver cancer, respectively. In addition, elevated NLR was associated with the presence of tumor vascular invasion (OR 2.35; 95% CI 1.93-2.86), multiple tumors (OR 1.38; 95% CI 1.15-1.66), alpha-fetoprotein ≥ 400 ng/mL (OR 1.51; 95% CI 1.15-1.98), presence of HbsAg (+) (OR 0.68; 95% CI 0.51-0.90), and cirrhosis (OR 0.59; 95% CI 0.44-0.80).CONCLUSION:
This meta-analysis indicated that elevated NLR may be an effective and noninvasive indicator for prognosis of patients with liver cancer.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Linfócitos
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
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Neutrófilos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Transplant
Assunto da revista:
TRANSPLANTE
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China