Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Sep 2022)

The preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predictive value for survival in patients with brain metastasis

  • Helder Picarelli,
  • Vitor Nagai Yamaki,
  • Davi Jorge Fontoura Solla,
  • Iuri Santana Neville,
  • Alexandra Gomes dos Santos,
  • Bruno Spindola Amaral Garcia de Freitas,
  • Calvin Diep,
  • Wellingson Silva Paiva,
  • Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira,
  • Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1755324
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 80, no. 09
pp. 922 – 928

Abstract

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Background The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR), monocyte-to-lymphocyte (MLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and red blood cell distribution width (RDW) have been previously studied as predictors of survival in different malignancies.

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