The prognostic role of the pre-treatment neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and tumor depth of invasion (DOI) in early-stage squamous cell carcinomas of the oral tongue
Giovanni Salzano, Giovanni Dell’Aversana Orabona, Vincenzo Abbate, Luigi Angelo Vaira, Umberto Committeri, Paola Bonavolontà, Pasquale Piombino, Fabio Maglitto, Camilla Russo, Daniela Russo, Silvia Varricchio, Federica Attanasi, Mario Turri–Zanoni, Giacomo De Riu, Luigi Califano
Topics & Concepts
MedicineNeutrophil to lymphocyte ratioStage (stratigraphy)T-stageOral and maxillofacial surgeryNeck dissectionOccultInternal medicineRetrospective cohort studyLogistic regressionOncologyRadiologyProportional hazards modelCohortCancerGastroenterologyPathologySurgeryLymphocytePaleontologyAlternative medicineBiologyInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisHead and Neck Cancer StudiesMetastasis and carcinoma case studies