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We evaluated all three categories head-to-head in a histologically homogeneous endometrioid cohort and formally tested whether they add prognostic information beyond established clinicopathological variables. Materials and Methods: Of 195 patients operated for endometrioid-type endometrial cancer between 2018 and 2024, 142 were included; adenomyosis or leiomyoma on final histopathology, active infection and hematological disease were exclusion criteria. Fourteen preoperative blood-derived indices spanning the three categories were analyzed as continuous variables. A pre-specified clinical model (age category, grade, FIGO stage) was compared with models adding the biomarkers using likelihood-ratio tests, Harrell\u2019s concordance index, time-dependent areas under the curve, bootstrap internal validation, and influence diagnostics. Results: Median follow-up was 52.5 months; 34 patients (23.9%) died and 5-year overall survival was 74.1%. None of the conventional inflammatory ratios were associated with survival (SII p = 0.893; all others p \u2265 0.26). In the multivariable model, histologic grade and NRBC% remained associated with survival (NRBC% HR 3.30 per 1%, 95% CI 1.09\u20139.97, p = 0.034). Adding NRBC% to the clinical model improved fit (likelihood-ratio p = 0.039) but not discrimination (\u0394C 0.006, 95% CI \u22120.041 to 0.053, p = 0.814), and no index retained significance after Benjamini\u2013Hochberg adjustment. The NRBC% association disappeared on dichotomization at the detection limit and could not be estimated once the five patients with values above 0.30% were excluded. Conclusions: In a predominantly early-stage endometrioid endometrial cancer cohort, preoperative blood-derived indices added no measurable discriminatory information beyond established pathological variables. 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