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Eligibility criteria encompassed all original research articles reporting NLR values related to diagnosis or prognosis of SGTs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Exposure<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The exposure of interest was the NLR, evaluated pretreatment in relation to tumor type (benign vs malignant), tumor stage, survival, and adverse treatment outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Primary outcome: prognostic performance of NLR regarding overall survival and disease stage.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Seventeen original studies were included, with a median cohort size of 123 patients (range: 20-1989). The mean NLR was 2.86 for distinguishing benign versus malignant SGTs, 2.23 for early-stage versus late-stage malignancy, and 3.62 across different malignant histologic subtypes. An NLR below the cutoff value of 2.51 was significantly associated with improved overall survival (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u2009.05). A higher cutoff of 3.95 correlated with the presence or absence of grade \u22653 adverse events (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u2009.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>NLR shows promise as a cost-effective, noninvasive biomarker to stratify malignancy risk, assess tumor stage, and predict prognosis and treatment-related toxicity in both adult and pediatric SGT populations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings support the integration of NLR into routine pretreatment evaluation protocols for SGTs. 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