| Literature DB >> 26171192 |
Derya Kivrak Salim1, Hasan Mutlu1, Melek Karakurt Eryilmaz1, Ozan Salim2, Fatma Yalçin Musri1, Deniz Tural1, Şeyda Gündüz3, Hasan Şenol Coşkun1.
Abstract
The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been widely investigated for its prognostic significance in cancer. In the present study, we aimed to determine whether NLR is a prognostic factor in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC). A total of 79 patients from the Akdeniz University database were retrospectively analyzed. The cut-off NLR was set at 2.93; patients with NLR >2.93 had a median overall survival (OS) of 12.1 months, whereas the median OS was not reached for patients with NLR ≤2.93 (P=0.027). On multivariate analysis, NLR and recurrence or metastatic site were found to be independent prognostic factors for OS (P=0.014 and P=0.002, respectively). Therefore, NLR was identified as an independent prognostic factor for OS in patients with recurrent or metastatic HNSCC.Entities:
Keywords: head and neck cancer; neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; prognosis; survival
Year: 2015 PMID: 26171192 PMCID: PMC4486905 DOI: 10.3892/mco.2015.557
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Clin Oncol ISSN: 2049-9450