Monocyte count combined with GTVnx is an independent prognostic factor in non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving radiotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The relationship between peripheral blood monocyte count and primary gross tumor volume with survival prognosis in newly diagnosed nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) patients who received radiotherapy remains unclear. Therefore, We conducted a cohort study to assess the association of peripheral blood monocyte count and primary gross tumor volume with survival outcomes in newly diagnosed non-metastatic NPC patients who received radiotherapy.

Materials/methods

We included newly diagnosed non-metastatic NPC patients who underwent radiotherapy in our hospital from January 2013 to December 2015. General clinical characteristics such as age, gender, ECOG score and tumor stage, peripheral blood monocyte count, lymphocyte count, white blood cell count (WBC), neutr

SUBMITTER: Yang LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12011717 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature