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SUBMITTER: Diao P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6299596 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diao Pengfei P Wu Yaping Y Li Jin J Zhang Wei W Huang Rong R Zhou Chen C Wang Yanling Y Cheng Jie J
Journal of translational medicine 20181218 1
<h4>Background</h4>Deregulated inflammation and immune deficit both intricately associate with cancer initiation and progression, which have been increasingly exploited as prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Recently, systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) based on peripheral neutrophil, lymphocyte and platelet counts serves as a novel and powerful cancer biomarker with prognostic significance in multiple types of malignancies. Here, we sought to evaluate the prognostic value of pre ...[more]