Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) predicts risk of nodal involvement in T1 colorectal cancer patients.

CONCLUSIONS: NLR < 3.7 was associated with lower risk of lymph-node metastases in T1 colorectal cancer patients. NLR could be used with histopathological data to identify patients at lower risk of nodal metastases. PMID: 29652113 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Chirurgica - Category: Surgery Tags: Minerva Chir Source Type: research