Prognostic and predictive role of neutrophil/lymphocytes ratio in metastatic colorectal cancer: a retrospective analysis of the TRIBE study by GONO

E Dell'Aquila, C Cremolini, T Zeppola, S Lonardi, F Bergamo, G Masi, M Stellato, F Marmorino, M Schirripa, F Urbano, M Ronzoni, G Tomasello, A Zaniboni, P Racca, A Buonadonna, G Allegrini, E Fea, S Di Donato, S Chiara, G ToniniD Tomcikova, L Boni, A Falcone, D Santini

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Abstract

Background: Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), defined as absolute neutrophils count divided by absolute lymphocytes count, has been reported as poor prognostic factor in several neoplastic diseases but only a few data are available about unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients (pts). The aim of our study was to evaluate the prognostic and predictive role of NLR in the TRIBE trial.Patients and methods: Pts enrolled in TRIBE trial were included. TRIBE is a multicentre phase III trial randomizing unresectable and previously untreated mCRC pts to receive FOLFOXIRI or FOLFIRI plus bevacizumab. A cut-off value of 3 was adopted to discriminate pts with low (NLR 
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)924-930
Number of pages7
JournalAnnals of Oncology
Volume29
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 1 2018

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