Prognostic role of platelet to lymphocyte ratio in solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AJ Templeton, O Ace, MG McNamara… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2014 - AACR
Background: Inflammation influences cancer development and progression. An elevated
platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), a marker of inflammation, has been linked to poor …

Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in advanced cancer: review and meta-analysis

BO Li, P Zhou, Y Liu, H Wei, X Yang, T Chen, J Xiao - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Inflammation biomarkers have been introduced into clinical practice for risk-
rating in treatment of patients with cancer. We aimed to confirm the prognostic role of platelet …

Prognostic value of PLR in various cancers: a meta-analysis

X Zhou, Y Du, Z Huang, J Xu, T Qiu, J Wang, T Wang… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Recently, more and more studies investigated the association of inflammation
parameters such as the Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) and the prognosis of various …

Prognostic role of platelet–lymphocyte ratio in colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D Tan, Y Fu, Q Su, H Wang - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Many studies have been reported that platelet–lymphocyte ratio (PLR) may be associated
with the prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC), but the results are inconsistent. Current …

Prognostic role of platelet to lymphocyte ratio in non‐small cell lung cancers: a meta‐analysis including 3,720 patients

QT Zhao, Z Yuan, H Zhang, XP Zhang… - … journal of cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) was recently reported as a useful index in predicting the
prognosis of lung cancer. However, the prognostic role of PLR in lung cancer remains …

[HTML][HTML] Platelet-lymphocyte ratio acts as an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer

Y Zhu, W Si, Q Sun, B Qin, W Zhao, J Yang - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) is a hematological parameter which is investigated as a
biomarker for prognosis in patients with breast cancer. Due to the controversial results from …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical use of the platelet/lymphocyte ratio and lymphocyte/monocyte ratio as prognostic predictors in colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis

YH Guo, HF Sun, YB Zhang, ZJ Liao, L Zhao, J Cui… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Conflicting evidence exists regarding the effects of platelet/lymphocyte ratio
(PLR) and lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (LMR) on the prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) …

High platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio predicts poor prognosis and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with breast cancer: a meta‐analysis

M Zhang, X Huang, Y Song, P Gao… - BioMed research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background. We aimed to evaluate the correlation of platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (PLR) with
prognosis and clinicopathological characteristics of breast cancer. Methods. The PubMed …

[HTML][HTML] Preoperative platelet to lymphocyte ratio is a valuable prognostic biomarker in patients with colorectal cancer

J You, GQ Zhu, L Xie, WY Liu, L Shi, OC Wang… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives Recent studies suggest that an elevated preoperative platelet to lymphocyte ratio
(PLR) may be considered a poor prognostic biomarker in patients with colorectal cancer …

The prognostic role of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio on overall survival in gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

W Cao, X Yao, D Cen, Y Zhi, N Zhu, L Xu - BMC gastroenterology, 2020 - Springer
Background This study aimed to summarize the previously published literature on the role of
platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) on overall survival (OS) in patients with gastric cancer …