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Prognostic role of pretreatment blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in advanced cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 66 cohort studies

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Overall, high pretreatment blood NLR could be an adverse prognostic indicator for advanced tumor and large-scale prospective studies investigating its survival outcomes in specific cancer type are strongly advocated.
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This article is published in Cancer Treatment Reviews.The article was published on 2017-07-01. It has received 209 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hazard ratio.

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Perioperative Predictive Markers for Recurrence of Esophageal Cancer after Esophagectomy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated preoperative prognostic nutritional index (PNI), BMI, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), intraoperative blood loss, postoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) max, recurrence-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS) in patients who received esophagectomies.
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A nomogram incorporating PD-L1, NLR, and clinicopathologic features to predict inguinal lymph node metastasis in penile squamous cell carcinoma.

TL;DR: A nomogram that incorporated tumor grade, lymphovascular invasion, PD-L1, and NLR that could be conveniently used to predict the preoperative individualized risk of inguinal LNM in patients with penile cancer is developed.
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Circulating Immune Cell Composition and Cancer Risk: A Prospective Study Using Epigenetic Cell Count Measures

TL;DR: The results affirm the relevance of elevated FOXP3+ Tregs and lower levels of cytotoxic (CD8+) T cells as risk factors for tumor development.
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Immunotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer: A bridge between research and clinical practice

TL;DR: The basis of immunogenicity and immune escape of cancer, with specific focus on non-small-cell lung cancer, mechanisms underlying immune checkpoint inhibitors efficacy and the most updated results on potential biomarkers are summarized.
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Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

TL;DR: Funnel plots, plots of the trials' effect estimates against sample size, are skewed and asymmetrical in the presence of publication bias and other biases Funnel plot asymmetry, measured by regression analysis, predicts discordance of results when meta-analyses are compared with single large trials.
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Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis

TL;DR: It is concluded that H and I2, which can usually be calculated for published meta-analyses, are particularly useful summaries of the impact of heterogeneity, and one or both should be presented in publishedMeta-an analyses in preference to the test for heterogeneity.
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Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions

TL;DR: The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official document that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions.
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Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for publication bias.

TL;DR: In this paper, an adjusted rank correlation test is proposed as a technique for identifying publication bias in a meta-analysis, and its operating characteristics are evaluated via simulations, and the test statistic is a direct statistical analogue of the popular funnel-graph.
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