Owing to the shortage of donor organs, improved selection criteria are needed for allocating patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to receive orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). A study has found that the neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio independently predicts tumor recurrence after OLT for HCC and, therefore, might constitute a simple entry criterion that measures host inflammation status.
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Tang, ZY. A simple inflammation marker predicts liver cancer prognosis. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 8, 367–368 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2011.105
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