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SUBMITTER: Nishijima TF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5391224 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nishijima Tomohiro F TF Deal Allison M AM Williams Grant R GR Guerard Emily J EJ Nyrop Kirsten A KA Muss Hyman B HB
Aging 20170301 3
We examined the associations between frailty and inflammatory markers, in particular neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), in elderly cancer patients. We conducted cross-sectional analyses of data derived from the Carolina Seniors Registry (CSR), a database of geriatric assessments (GA) in older adults (≧65 years) with cancer. We included patients in the CSR who had a GA and complete blood count test before initiation of therapy. The primary outcome was frailty, determined using the 36-item Carolin ...[more]