The prognostic nutritional index is a predictive indicator of prognosis and postoperative complications in gastric cancer: a meta-analysis

Y Yang, P Gao, Y Song, J Sun, X Chen, J Zhao… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The clinical value of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in gastric cancer (GC)
remains controversial. Therefore, we performed the meta-analysis to determine the …

Combining antibody–drug conjugates and immune-mediated cancer therapy: what to expect?

HP Gerber, P Sapra, F Loganzo, C May - Biochemical pharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
Blockade of immune-checkpoints has emerged as one of the most promising approaches to
improve the durability of anti-tumor responses in cancer patients. However, the fraction of …

Pretreatment neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio independently predicts disease-specific survival in resectable gastroesophageal junction and gastric adenocarcinoma

SC Wang, JF Chou, VE Strong, MF Brennan… - Annals of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Preoperative methods to estimate disease-specific survival (DSS) for resectable
gastroesophageal (GE) junction and gastric adenocarcinoma are limited. We evaluated the …

Lymphopenia and its association with survival in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer

ES Wu, T Oduyebo, LP Cobb, D Cholakian, X Kong… - Gynecologic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the association between lymphopenia and survival in women with
cervical cancer treated with primary chemoradiation. Methods A single institution …

Predictive impact for postoperative recurrence using the preoperative prognostic nutritional index in pathological stage I non-small cell lung cancer

F Shoji, Y Morodomi, T Akamine, S Takamori… - Lung Cancer, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The most effective treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) is surgical resection. Nevertheless, up to 20% of patients, even those with stage I …

[HTML][HTML] Preoperative combined hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte and platelet levels predict survival in patients with locally advanced colorectal cancer

H Jiang, H Li, A Li, E Tang, D Xu, Y Chen, Y Zhang… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
More than 50% of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) are initially diagnosed with locally
advanced CRC (LACRC), and half of those patients develop recurrence or metastasis after …

Association between treatment-related lymphopenia and overall survival in elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma

JS Mendez, A Govindan, J Leong, F Gao… - Journal of neuro …, 2016 - Springer
Management of patients with glioblastoma (GBM) often includes radiation (RT) and
temozolomide (TMZ). The association between severe treatment-related lymphopenia (TRL) …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic significance of preoperative prognostic nutritional index in colorectal cancer: results from a retrospective cohort study and a meta-analysis

Y Yang, P Gao, X Chen, Y Song, J Shi, J Zhao, J Sun… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The preoperative prognostic nutritional index (PNI) may forecast colorectal cancer (CRC)
outcomes, but the evidence is not conclusive. Here, we retrospectively analyzed a cohort of …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term outcome of molecular subgroups of GIST patients treated with standard-dose imatinib in the BFR14 trial of the French Sarcoma Group

A Patrikidou, J Domont, S Chabaud… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The added value of tumoural genomic profiles to conventional clinico-biological
factors to predict progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) was prospectively …

Radiation-related lymphopenia as a new prognostic factor in limited-stage small cell lung cancer

O Cho, YT Oh, M Chun, OK Noh, HW Lee - Tumor Biology, 2016 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the minimum absolute lymphocyte
count during radiotherapy (min ALC) and the absolute lymphocyte count 1 month after …