Prognostic impact of persistent lower neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio during preoperative chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer patients: A propensity score matching analysis

• Yoon Jin Cha,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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• Eun Jung Park,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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• Seung Hyuk Baik,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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• Kang Young Lee,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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• Jeonghyun Kang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ravic@naver.com

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7311-6053

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