Impact of adaptive intensity-modulated radiotherapy on the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Table 6 Comparison of the ΔNLR, ΔCLC, and ΔCPC in different subgroups according to TNM stages

Characteristics	ΔNLR(%)			ΔCLC(%)			ΔCPC(%)
Characteristics	ART+IMRT	IMRT	P	ART+IMRT	IMRT	P	ART+IMRT	IMRT	P
T stage
1–2(n = 30)	15.61 ± 65.69	59.03 ± 58.52	0.018^*	−117.93 ± 88.14	−406.47 ± 350.15	< 0.001^*	−6.80 ± 20.87	−19.07 ± 34.61	0.107
3–4(n = 20)	−27.92 ± 157.78	57.65 ± 34.57	0.032^*	−138.93 ± 155.13	−243.70 ± 240.36	0.095	−1.1 ± 26.93	−12.96 ± 29.24	0.199
N stage
0–1(n = 18)	2.17 ± 130.78	76.54 ± 12.69	0.029^*	−109.18 ± 107.03	− 312.87 ± 219.52	0.003^*	−6.21 ± 24.70	−18.57 ± 25.47	0.171
2–3(n = 32)	−4.03 ± 107.59	66.85 ± 61.10	0.004^*	− 135.98 ± 129.10	− 357.39 ± 372.84	0.003^*	−3.58 ± 22.97	−15.53 ± 36.05	0.117

Abbreviations: ART adaptive radiotherapy, IMRT Intensity-modulated radiotherapy, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, CLC circulating lymphocyte count; CPC, circulating platelet count
^*P ≤ 0.05

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