Clinical utility of the platelet-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of postoperative complications after radical gastrectomy for clinical T2-4 gastric cancer.

CONCLUSION: The preoperative PLR is a simple and useful predictor of complications after curative gastrectomy in patients with clinical T2-4 gastric cancer.
PMID: 28465636 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - April 14, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Inaoka K, Kanda M, Uda H, Tanaka Y, Tanaka C, Kobayashi D, Takami H, Iwata N, Hayashi M, Niwa Y, Yamada S, Fujii T, Sugimoto H, Murotani K, Fujiwara M, Kodera Y Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research