PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (2): 188-192.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2017.02.019

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Prognostic value of lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio in the patients with malignant tumor

ZHANG Aiqi,JIN Shi,CAO Shoubo,YU Yan   

  1. Department of Oncology,Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital,Harbin 150081,China
  • Received:2016-11-13 Online:2017-04-20 Published:2017-05-04

Abstract: Inflammation has a critical role in the pathogenesis and progression of cancer.lymphocyte and monocyte play an important role in inflammatory reaction,reflecting body immune status.In recent years,more and more clinical studies have shown that pretreatment of lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio(LMR)in the patients with malignant tumor may have a certain value in evaluating the prognosis of cancer patients such as nasopharyngeal cancer,esophageal cancer,breast cancer,ovarian cancer,lung cancer,gastric cancer,colorectal cancer,etc.This article reviews the latest research progress on the value of LMR in the evaluation of the prognosis of the patients with malignant tumor.

Key words: Lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio, Tumors, Prognosis, Inflammatory factor

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