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SUBMITTER: Suzuki R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5856620 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suzuki Ryoko R Lin Steven H SH Wei Xiong X Allen Pamela K PK Welsh James W JW Byers Lauren A LA Komaki Ritsuko R
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 20180202 3
<h4>Background</h4>We evaluated pretreatment total lymphocyte count (TLC, marker of immunosuppression), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR, marker of inflammation), and overall survival (OS) in patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).<h4>Methods</h4>Pretreatment blood characteristics, age, sex, performance status, race, stage (M1a vs. M1b), number and location of metastases, weight loss, smoking status, chemotherapy cycles (<4 vs. ≥4), thoracic radiotherapy dose (<45 vs. ...[more]