Validation of the Preoperative Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Prognostic Factor in a European Cohort of Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Abstract

In the cohort studied, patients with an elevated (≥150.0) preoperative PLR had a higher cancer-specific mortality and overall mortality after radical surgery for UTUC, compared with those with a low pretreatment PLR.