CLINICS is an electronic journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles in continuous flow, of interest to clinicians and researchers in medical and biomedical sciences.
Edited by: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP)
CLINICS is an electronic journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles in continuous flow, of interest to clinicians and researchers in medical and biomedical sciences.
Edited by: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP)
Cínthia Minatel Riguetto , Icléia Siqueira Barreto , Frederico Fernandes Ribeiro Maia , Lígia Vera Montali da Assumpção , Denise Engelbrecht Zantut-Wittmann
05/Aug/2021
Cínthia Minatel Riguetto , Icléia Siqueira Barreto , Frederico Fernandes Ribeiro Maia , Lígia Vera Montali da Assumpção , Denise Engelbrecht Zantut-Wittmann
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e3022
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze the relationship of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and monocyte-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) with clinicopathological characteristics of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). METHODS: This retrospective study included 390 patients with DTC who had complete blood cell counts available at the time of surgery. NLR, PLR, and MLR were calculated, and the risk of cancer-related death, structural recurrence, and response to therapy were assessed using the eighth edition of the tumor-node-metastasis classification, American Thyroid […]
Keywords: Differentiated Thyroid Cancer; Distant Metastasis; Monocyte-Lymphocyte Ratio; Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio; Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio