ArticleSurgery today2021
The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score as a prognostic factor for obstructive colorectal cancer patients received stenting as a bridge to curative surgery.
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- Prognostic value of controlling nutritional status score (CONUT) in patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Prognostic significance of the pretreatment controlling nutritional status score in colorectal cancer patients: an updated meta-analysis with 24 cohort studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Preoperative Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score Might Be a Predictive Biomarker of Postoperative Mortality within 90 Days after Surgery in Patients with Malignant Bowel Obstruction Caused by Unresectable Colorectal Cancer.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2026Article
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- The role of preoperative nutritional status in predicting surgical outcomes after total knee arthroplasty: A CONUT-based analysis.Joint diseases and related surgery · 2025Article
- Pre-Stenting Inflammatory Burden Index (IBI) as a Predictor of Survival and Postoperative Complications in Patients with Obstructive Colorectal Cancer.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2025Article
- Association of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene rs1801133 Polymorphism and Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score with Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
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- Low Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) Predicts Poorer Survival in Patients with Obstructive Colorectal Cancer Who Had a Self-Expandable Metallic Stent (SEMS) Inserted as a Bridge to Curative Surgery.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2023Article
- Utility and safety of the self-expandable metallic colonic stent in Japanese patients who received systemic chemotherapy or palliative treatment for obstructive primary advanced colorectal cancer: A retrospective single-center medical chart evaluation.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2022Article
- Prognostic factors of patients with left-sided obstructive colorectal cancer: post hoc analysis of a retrospective multicenter study by the Japan Colonic Stent Safe Procedure Research Group.World journal of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Prognostic value of nutritional status in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection-related lymphoma.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Prognostic role of pre-sarcopenia and body composition with long-term outcomes in obstructive colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study.World journal of surgical oncology · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score, originally developed as a nutritional screening tool, is a cumulative score calculated from the serum albumin level, total cholesterol level, and total lymphocyte count. Previous studies have demonstrated that the score has significant prognostic value in various malignancies. We investigated the relationship between the CONUT score and long-term survival in obstructive colorectal cancer (OCRC) patients who underwent self-expandable metallic colonic stent placement and subsequently received curative surgery.
methodsWe retrospectively analyzed 57 pathological stage II and III OCRC patients between 2013 and 2019. The associations between the preoperative CONUT score and clinicopathological factors and patient survival were evaluated.
resultsA receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that the optimal cut-off value for the CONUT score was 7. A CONUT score of ≥ 7 was significantly associated with elevated CA19-9 level (p = 0.03). Multivariate analyses revealed that a CONUT score of ≥ 7 was independently associated with cancer-specific survival (hazard ratio [HR] = 10.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.2-85.9, p = 0.03) and disease-free survival (HR = 7.1, 95% CI 2.3-21.7, p = 0.0006).
conclusionThe results demonstrated that the CONUT score was a potent prognostic indicator. Evaluating the CONUT score might result in more precise patient assessment and tailored treatment.
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