Prognostic value of biomarkers in primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus

摘要

We recently read the article by Wang et al. 1 with great interest. The aim of this article was to determine the prognostic role of several pretreatment biomarkers, including the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-tolymphocyte ratio (PLR) and total lymphocyte counts (TLC), in primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus (SCCE). We performed a similar analysis using the data from our hospital and different and novel findings were exhibited. Therefore, we would like to discuss several worthwhile issues.