Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) may be predictive of pathologic stage in patients with bladder cancer larger than 3 cm

摘要

OBJECTIVE: Bladder cancer (BCa) is the most common malignancy of the urinary tract. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the ability of preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) to predict pathologic stage of at the time of first transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TUR-BT) in patients with BCa larger than 3 cm.