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. 2020 Aug 21;10:1473. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01473

Table 4.

The studies evaluating the role of neutrophil to lymphocyte in urothelial cancer on chemotherapy.

Study Year Cases Site Stage Assessment and treatment Threshold Outcomes
Rossi et al. (74) 2015 292 Bladder + Ureter Advanced or Metastatic Pre/Follow up-Chemotherapy 3/Kinetics PFS, 2.76 (1.92–3.96), P < 0.001
OS, 3.15 (2.13–4.66), P < 0.001
Taguchi et al. (75) 2015 185 Bladder + Ureter Metastatic Pre-Chemotherapy 3 CSS, 1.48 (1.01–2.17), P = 0.043 OS, 1.49 (1.02–2.18), P = 0.040
Auvray et al. (76) 2017 280 Bladder + Ureter Metastatic Pre-Chemotherapy 3.2 OS, 1.36 (1.23–1.51), P < 0.001
PFS, 1.18 (1.05–1.33), P =0.005
Su et al. (77) 2017 256 Bladder + Ureter Metastatic Pre-Chemotherapy 3 OS 1.60 (1.21–2.31), P = 0.001
Tan et al. (55) 2018 150 Bladder Advanced or Metastatic (cT4bN0M0 or TxN1-3M0 or TxNxM1) Pre-Chemotherapy 3 OS 5.06 (2.88–8.88), P < 0.001

CSS, cancer specific survival; HR, hazard ratio; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression free survival; RC, radical cystectomy; RFS, recurrence free survival; RNU, radical nephroureterectomy.