European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
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Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol · May 2016
Combination of preoperative platelet/lymphocyte and neutrophil/lymphocyte rates and tumor-related factors to predict lymph node metastasis in patients with gastric cancer.
Lymph node (LN) metastasis is widely accepted as a poor prognosis indicator in patients with gastric cancer. An accurate preoperative prediction of LN status is of crucial importance for the planning treatment. The aim of the present study was to assess the predictive value of the preoperative platelet/lymphocyte (PLR) and neutrophil/lymphocyte rates (NLR) on the LN metastasis in gastric cancer patients and to develop a new preoperative score system to predict LN metastasis. ⋯ Preoperative PLR and NLR are useful biomarkers to predict LN metastasis and the score system in our study may serve as a reliable instrument to predict LN metastasis in gastric cancer patients.