Table 1 Comparison of the pretreatment values of blood immune cells of RCC patients with age-matched healthy volunteers

Number of leukocytes

6,260 ± 310

7,005 ± 350

6,500 ± 402

8,340 ± 563

Granulocytes

4,227 ± 310

5,103 ± 292

4,702 ± 354

6,139 ± 385

Monocytes

351 ± 39

375 ± 21

349 ± 22

441 ± 42

Dendritic cells (DC)

19 ± 2

16 ± 1

17 ± 1

13 ± 2

Lymphocytes

1,670 ± 111

1,566 ± 103

1,490 ± 110

1,760 ± 237

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)

2.86 ± 0.37

3.93 ± 0,40

3.8 ± 0.5

4.27 ± 0.64

Granulocyte/DC ratio

249.4 ± 25

378.7 ± 31

318.1 ± 30

535.4 ± 60