The Peripheral Blood Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio Is Superior to the Lymphocyte-To-Monocyte Ratio for Predicting the Long-Term Survival of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients

Weijuan Jia; Jiannan Wu; Haixia Jia; Yaping Yang; Xiaolan Zhang; Kai Chen; Fengxi Su

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143061

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The Peripheral Blood Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio Is Superior to the Lymphocyte-To-Monocyte Ratio for Predicting the Long-Term Survival of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients

Weijuan Jia ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Weijuan Jia, Jiannan Wu, Haixia Jia

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Breast Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Jiannan Wu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Weijuan Jia, Jiannan Wu, Haixia Jia

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Haixia Jia ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Weijuan Jia, Jiannan Wu, Haixia Jia

Affiliation Department of breast surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Yaping Yang,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiaolan Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Kai Chen,

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Fengxi Su

* E-mail: fengxisu@vip.163.com

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Breast Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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The Peripheral Blood Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio Is Superior to the Lymphocyte-To-Monocyte Ratio for Predicting the Long-Term Survival of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients

Weijuan Jia,
Jiannan Wu,
Haixia Jia,
Yaping Yang,
Xiaolan Zhang,
Kai Chen,
Fengxi Su

Published: November 18, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143061

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