Safety and efficacy of progressive resistance training in breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BS Cheema, SL Kilbreath, PP Fahey… - Breast cancer research …, 2014 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of progressive resistance
training (PRT) in breast cancer. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published to November …

The elevated preoperative platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts poor prognosis in breast cancer patients

S Krenn-Pilko, U Langsenlehner, EM Thurner… - British journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
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 …

Evaluating the physiological reserves of older patients with cancer: the value of potential biomarkers of aging?

AG Pallis, S Hatse, B Brouwers, G Pawelec… - Journal of geriatric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aging of an individual entails a progressive decline of functional reserves and loss of
homeostasis that eventually lead to mortality. This process is highly individualized and is …

Prognostic performance of inflammation-based prognostic indices in primary operable non-small cell lung cancer

DJ Pinato, RJ Shiner, MJ Seckl, J Stebbing… - British journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
Background: At least 30% of patients with primary resectable non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) will experience a relapse in their disease within 5 years following definitive …

Association between severe treatment‐related lymphopenia and progression‐free survival in patients with newly diagnosed squamous cell head and neck cancer

JL Campian, G Sarai, X Ye, S Marur… - Head & neck, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Severe treatment‐related lymphopenia occurs commonly in many cancers and
is associated with early tumor progression. Data are lacking as to whether this occurs in …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term responders and survivors on pazopanib for advanced soft tissue sarcomas: subanalysis of two European Organisation for Research and Treatment …

B Kasper, S Sleijfer, S Litière, S Marreaud, J Verweij… - Annals of oncology, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Pazopanib recently received approval for the treatment of certain soft tissue
sarcoma (STS) subtypes. We conducted a retrospective analysis on pooled data from two …

Preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio before platelet-lymphocyte ratio predicts clinical outcome in patients with cervical cancer treated with initial radical surgery

Y Zhang, L Wang, Y Liu, S Wang, P Shang… - International Journal of …, 2014 - ijgc.bmj.com
Objective Several inflammatory parameters are applied to predict the survival of patients
with various cancers. Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) …

The preoperative lymphocyte to monocyte ratio predicts clinical outcomes in patients with stage II/III gastric cancer

X Zhou, Y Du, J Xu, Z Huang, T Qiu, X Wang, J Qian… - Tumor Biology, 2014 - Springer
Recently, lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR) has been reported to be associated with
clinical outcomes in some types of cancer but has not been explored in gastric cancer. In this …

Combined immunotherapy with dendritic cells and cytokine-induced killer cells for malignant tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Chen, X Deng, H Wu, P Peng, B Wen, F Li… - International …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose A new strategy of adoptive and passive immunotherapy involves combining
dendritic cells (DCs) with a subset of natural killer T lymphocytes termed cytokine-induced …

Pre-operative prognostic nutritional index predicts the outcomes for triple-negative breast cancer

Z Yang, B Zhang, L Hou, Y Xie, X Cao - Tumor Biology, 2014 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether pre-operative prognostic nutritional
index (PNI), an indicator of nutritional and immunological status, has an impact on the long …