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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Liu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5641206 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oncotarget 20170601 42
The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of a novel inflammation-based prognostic system, called COP-LMR (combination of platelet count and lymphocyte to monocyte ratio), for predicting postoperative survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). COP-LMR was calculated on the basis of the obtained data. Patients with both an elevated platelet count (PLT) (>30 × 104mm-3) and a low LMR (<3.6) were assigned a score of 2, and patients with one or none of the parameters ...[more]