E51 Your Blood Work Has A Cancer Marker Hiding In Plain Sight
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Your oncologist looked at your blood work and said everything looks fine. And maybe it does — on paper. But "fine" and "optimal" are not the same thing.
There's a number sitting right there on your CBC, on almost every blood draw you've ever had, that most people are never taught to read. It's not a scary cancer marker. It's a window into how sharp your immune system is right now — and how much quiet inflammation your body is carrying.
In this episode of The Flourish After Cancer Podcast, we dig into the NLR — the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio — what it actually measures, what pushes it in the wrong direction, and what you can start doing today to shift it back. Because this number isn't fixed. It reflects what's happening inside your body right now — and right now is changeable. 💛
In this episode
What the NLR is and why it's already sitting in your standard CBC
What neutrophils and lymphocytes reveal about your immune surveillance
The four everyday drivers that quietly push your NLR in the wrong direction
Why one number is never the answer — and how we read it properly
What actually moves the NLR back down
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