Prognostic value of platelet count and lymphocyte to monocyte ratio combination in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion

Jeong Uk Lim; Chang Dong Yeo; Hye Seon Kang; Chan Kwon Park; Ju Sang Kim; Jin Woo Kim; Seung Joon Kim; Sang Haak Lee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200341

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Prognostic value of platelet count and lymphocyte to monocyte ratio combination in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion

Jeong Uk Lim,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8364-2380

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Chang Dong Yeo ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: brainyeo@catholic.ac.kr

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hye Seon Kang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Chan Kwon Park,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ju Sang Kim,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jin Woo Kim,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Seung Joon Kim,

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sang Haak Lee

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Prognostic value of platelet count and lymphocyte to monocyte ratio combination in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion

Jeong Uk Lim,
Chang Dong Yeo,
Hye Seon Kang,
Chan Kwon Park,
Ju Sang Kim,
Jin Woo Kim,
Seung Joon Kim,
Sang Haak Lee

Published: July 13, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200341

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