Lack of Prognostic Value of Pretreatment Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Early Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease with large differences in the risk of recurrence. An elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is correlated with a poor prognosis in a variety of tumors, and although it is still controversial in breast cancer, there are multiple studies, including meta-analysis, suggesting this. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prognostic value of preoperative NLR in an Argentine population of patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer, not exposed to neoadjuvant treatment.

Methods

Retrospective multicenter cohort study that includes patients over 18 years of age from three centers in the city and province of Buenos Aires who have had surgery for early breast cancer between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 2014. Bas

SUBMITTER: Sifon MDR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9801394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature