TY - CHAP AU - Kemal Turker Ulutas AU - Inanc Samil Sarici AU - Ozgul Duzgun ED - Ghousia Begum Y1 - 2018-04-10 PY - 2018 T1 - Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio, Platelet/Lymphocyte Ratio, and Mean Platelet Volume for Detection of Resectable Pancreas Cancer N2 - This book investigates the emerging use of biomarkers as a diagnostic tool for the identification of patients with an abnormal condition or as a tool for staging the extent of disease, as an indicator of disease prognosis. Chapters in Part I focus on biomarkers for cancer, including breast cancer and pancreatic cancer, as well as circulating microRNA profiling in cancer biomarker discovery. Chapters in Part II focus on biomarkers of other diagnoses/diseases, including sepsis, childhood renal diseases, pulmonary diseases, Alzheimer's, leishmaniasis, and heart failure. This book investigates the emerging use of biomarkers as a diagnostic tool for the identification of patients with an abnormal condition or as a tool for staging the extent of disease, as an indicator of diseases prognosis. The book is of considerable importance for a broad range of people including researchers, clinicians, and university students. BT - Biomarker SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.76168 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.76168 SN - 978-1-78923-667-5 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -