Journal of International Oncology ›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 315-318.doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673422X.2016.04.021

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Systemic inflammatory response and the prognosis of esophageal cancer

Zhao Sijun, Liu Ditian, Chen Yuping   

  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
  • Online:2016-04-08 Published:2016-03-02
  • Contact: Liu Ditian E-mail:liudtyc@sina.com

Abstract: Systemic inflammatory response has a major role in the development and progression of cancer, and increased systemic inflammatory response usually correlates with poorer survival. Recently the evaluation index of systemic inflammatory response including neutrophillymphocyte ratio, Creactive protein, glasgow prognostic score,  plateletlymphocyte ratio. Several previous studies show that these indexes are the independent prognostic factors for esophageal cancer. Research on the systemic inflammatory markers may also be valuable for the clinical treatment and prognosis of esophageal cancer.

Key words: Esophageal neoplasms, Prognosis, Systemic inflammatory response