With 5-year survival rates remaining constant at 6% and rising incidences associated with
an epidemic in obesity and metabolic syndrome, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) …

AIM: To conduct a meta-analysis evaluating the association between the peripheral blood
neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the outcome of patients with pancreatic cancer …

Background The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a strong predictor of mortality in
patients with colorectal, gastric, hepatocellular, pancreatic, and lung cancer. To date, the …

Background Recently, more and more studies investigated the association of inflammation
parameters such as the Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) and the prognosis of various …

Background Nutritional status plays an important role in the incidence of postoperative
complications and the prognosis of various tumours. The prognostic value of preoperative …

Background Skeletal muscle depletion, referred to as sarcopenia, is predictive of mortality in
patients undergoing digestive operations. The impact of muscle quality on outcomes …

Background: The elevation of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), an easily applicable
blood test based on platelet and lymphocyte counts has been associated with poor …

Background Neutropenia increases the risk of infection, but it is unknown if this also applies
to lymphopenia. We therefore tested the hypotheses that lymphopenia is associated with …

OBJECTIVE: Increasing neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios on preoperative blood tests have been
associated with worse survival after resection of colorectal cancer. We sought to determine …

Purpose Inflammatory cells can both suppress and stimulate tumor growth, and the influence
of inflammatory cells on clinical outcome has been the focus of many studies. The purpose …