The role of the systemic inflammatory response in predicting outcomes in patients with advanced inoperable cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

RD Dolan, ST McSorley, PG Horgan, B Laird… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide. While a curative intent is
the aim of any surgical treatment many patients either present with or go onto develop …

The complex role of neutrophils in tumor angiogenesis and metastasis

W Liang, N Ferrara - Cancer immunology research, 2016 - AACR
Chronic inflammation fosters cancer development and progression and also modulates
tumor responses to anticancer therapies. Neutrophils are key effector cells in innate …

Prognostic role of pretreatment blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in advanced cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 66 cohort studies

Z Mei, L Shi, B Wang, J Yang, Z Xiao, P Du… - Cancer treatment …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is crucial for the incidence and mortality of
various tumors. However, little is known on NLR and its association with prognosis in …

Clinical impact of nutrition and inflammation assessment tools in gastric cancer treatment

T Aoyama, K Hara, K Kazama… - Anticancer Research, 2022 - ar.iiarjournals.org
The standard treatment for gastric cancer is surgical resection and perioperative adjuvant
treatment. Multidisciplinary treatment for gastric cancer leads to nutritional and inflammatory …

Prognostic value of pre-operative inflammatory response biomarkers in gastric cancer patients and the construction of a predictive model

Q Deng, B He, X Liu, J Yue, H Ying, Y Pan… - Journal of translational …, 2015 - Springer
Background Inflammation plays an integral role in carcinogenesis and tumor progression.
Inflammatory response biomarkers have shown to be promising prognostic factors for …

[HTML][HTML] Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as prognostic indicator in gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RC Bowen, NAB Little, JR Harmer, J Ma, LG Mirabelli… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An accurate, time efficient, and inexpensive prognostic indicator is needed to reduce cost
and assist with clinical decision making for cancer management. The neutrophil-to …

Prognostic significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in prostate cancer: evidence from 16,266 patients

X Gu, X Gao, X Li, X Qi, M Ma, S Qin, H Yu, S Sun… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
This study was aimed to investigate the prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
(NLR) in patients with prostate cancer (PCa). A meta-analysis including 14 publications (15 …

Inflammatory markers for predicting overall survival in gastric cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

MR Kim, AS Kim, HI Choi, JH Jung, JY Park, HJ Ko - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Systemic inflammatory biomarkers have begun to be used in clinical practice to predict
prognosis and survival of cancer patients, but the approach remains controversial. We …

Suppressing neutrophil-dependent angiogenesis abrogates resistance to anti-VEGF antibody in a genetic model of colorectal cancer

Y Itatani, T Yamamoto, C Zhong… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
We tested cis-Apc Δ716/Smad4+/− and cis-Apc Δ716/Smad4+/− Kras G12D mice, which
recapitulate key genetic abnormalities accumulating during colorectal cancer (CRC) …

Predicting postoperative gastric cancer prognosis based on inflammatory factors and machine learning technology

CM Zhou, Y Wang, JJ Yang, Y Zhu - BMC Medical Informatics and …, 2023 - Springer
Objective There is a strong association between gastric cancer and inflammatory factors.
Many studies have shown that machine learning can predict cancer patients' prognosis …