Can Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Be a Predictor Tool for The Non-Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer?

To investigate the relationship between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and non-sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis in early stages of breast cancer. Records of patients with clinically early stage (cT1-T3, N0) invasive breast cancer who underwent SLN biopsy in combination with blue dye and lymphoscintigraphy between April 2015 and January 2017 were noted retrospectively. Pre-treatment NLR of the patients with and without non-SLN metastasis were compared.

Colorectal cancers under 45 years of age.

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate patients with colorectal cancer under the age of 45 and compare with colorectal cancer patients over the age of 45 treated in our surgical clinic.

Methodology: At the Surgical Department of the Medical Faculty of Uludag University between 1986-2000 (15 years), 680 cases with colorectal cancer diagnosis were operated on. One hundred and thirty-six (20%) of these cases who were under the age of 45 were retrospectively evaluated and compared with other patients.