Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and risk of neoplastic progression in patients with Barrett’s ...

Noam Peleg on " Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and risk of neoplastic progression in patients with Barrett’s esophagus"

Authors: Noam Peleg, Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss, Steven Shamah et al.
Summary:
An analysis in 324 individuals with Barrett’s esophagus showed that a simple inflammation marker, the peripheral blood neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), was predictive of progression to neoplasia. In particular, an NLR above 2.4 was associated with a 3-fold increase in progression to high grade dysplasia or adenocarcinoma during follow-up. This finding was consistent even in patients with nondysplastic
Barrett’s esophagus at baseline.

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Endoscopy 2021; 53: 774–781
DOI 10.1055/a-1292-8747
ISSN 0013-726X
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Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1292-8747

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