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ASO Author Reflections: C-Reactive Protein/Lymphocyte Ratio as a Promising Marker for Predicting Survival in Pancreatic Cancer

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 81625016, 81871940, 81902417), the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 17ZR1406300), the Shanghai Cancer Center Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. YJJQ201803), and the Fudan University Personalized Project for “Double Top” Original Research (Grant No. XM03190633).

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Chen Liu and Xianjun Yu designed the study, and Zhiyao Fan, Yitao Gong, and Guopei Luo performed the statistical analysis. All authors collected the clinical data and drafted the manuscript. Xianjun Yu and Chen Liu critically reviewed the manuscript, and all authors read and approved the final version.

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Correspondence to Chen Liu MD, PhD or Xianjun Yu MD, PhD.

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Zhiyao Fan, Guopei Luo, Yitao Gong, Chen Liu, and Xianjun Yu declare no conflict of interest in this study.

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Fan, Z., Luo, G., Gong, Y. et al. ASO Author Reflections: C-Reactive Protein/Lymphocyte Ratio as a Promising Marker for Predicting Survival in Pancreatic Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 27, 4026–4027 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08335-7

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