Table 5.

Associations between post-CRT LCR and recurrence site or treatment modality

Characteristic	LCR low (n = 24)	LCR high (n = 24)	P value
	N	N
Recurrence	8	8	NS
Site of recurrence			NS
Local	1	8
Pelvic LNs	2	2
Liver	3	1
Lung	4	3
Distant LNs	1	2
Treatment
Surgery	1	6	<0.05
Liver resection	0	3
Lung resection	1	1
Local resection	0	2
Chemotherapy	7	2
BSC	0	0

Patients were stratified using the median LCR. LN lymph node, BSC best supportive care, LCR lymphocyte-CRP ratio, NS not significant