Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Poor Prognosis in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Patients Treated with Nab-Paclitaxel plus Gemcitabine: A Propensity Score Analysis

Jole Ventriglia, Angelica Petrillo, Marisol Huerta, Maria Maddalena Laterza, B. Savastano, Valentina Gambardella, Giuseppe Tirino, Luca Pompella, Anna Diana, Francesco Iovino,

Gastroenterology Research and Practice · 2018 · 26 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Baseline NLR is an independent predictor of survival of patients with mPC receiving palliative chemotherapy and could be useful to develop a simple clinical score to identify a subgroup of patients with a low chance to benefit from chemotherapy.

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