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Prognostic significance of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in urothelial carcinoma patients: a meta-analysis

Yuhai Bao, Yin Wang, Xiaodong Li, Mingjun Pan, Hongze Zhang, Zegen Cheng, Xueyi Wang

Cancer Cell International · 2019 · 18 citations · 25 references

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Our results demonstrated a significant correlation between elevated PLR and poor prognosis in UC. The prognostic role of PLR may help guide the management and prognostication of UC patients.

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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

David Moher, A. Liberati, Jennifer Tetzlaff et al. · BMJ · 2009 · 82.3K citations · Full text

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA Statement.

David Moher, Alessandro Liberati, Jennifer Tetzlaff et al. · PubMed · 2009 · 45.1K citations · Full text

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Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis

Julian P. T. Higgins, Simon G. Thompson · Statistics in Medicine · 2002 · 35.6K citations

Critical evaluation of the Newcastle-Ottawa scale for the assessment of the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses

Andreas Stang · European Journal of Epidemiology · 2010 · 16.9K citations

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The Combination of Estimates from Different Experiments

William G. Cochran · Biometrics · 1954 · 5.2K citations

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