Survey of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as Prognostic Factor in Colorectal Cancer

Background: Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is derived from the neutrophil and lymphocyte count obtained from routine complete blood count with the differential test (CBC/diff). The aim of the present study is to determine the relationship between NLR with prognostic factors in colorectal cancer. Material and Methods: A total of 70 patients with colorectal cancer were studied according to the research objectives. Independent T-test and Mann-Whitney U Mann-Whitney test were used to compare the NLR with qualitative variables such as pathology type. Pearson or Spearman correlation coefficient was used for correlating the quantitative variables. The significance level was considered as P