Abstract:Background Previous studies have evaluated the associations of aspartate transaminase to alanine transaminase (De Ritis) ratio with clinical outcome of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but the findings are inconsistent. We therefore performed this meta-analysis to explore the prognostic value of the pre-treatment De Ritis ratio in patients with RCC.Methods PubMed, EMBASE, Science and Cochrane Library were searched systematically to identify all eligible studies as of February 2020. The hazard ratio (HR) with 95% co… Show more
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