ArticleBMC cancer2021
The prognostic significance of combined geriatric nutritional risk index and psoas muscle volume in older patients with pancreatic cancer.
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- Relationship between geriatric nutritional risk index and osteoporosis in type 2 diabetes in Northern China.BMC endocrine disorders · 2022Article
- Modified geriatric nutritional risk index in patients with pancreatic cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis.BMC cancer · 2022Article
- Geriatric nutritional risk index as a potential prognostic marker for patients with resectable pancreatic cancer: a single-center, retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Risk factors for recurrence in elderly patients with stage II colorectal cancer: a multicenter retrospective study.BMC cancer · 2022Article
- Combination of Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and Carcinoembryonic Antigen to Predict the Survival of Patients With Colorectal Cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Assessment of Systemic Inflammation and Nutritional Indicators in Predicting Recurrence-Free Survival After Surgical Resection of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI), originally developed as a nutritional assessment tool to evaluate mortality and morbidity in older hospitalized patients (i.e., those aged ≥65 years), is regarded as a prognostic factor in several cancers. Body composition is also an important consideration when predicting the prognosis of patients with cancer. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the GNRI and psoas muscle volume (PMV) for survival outcomes in patients with pancreatic cancer.
methodsThis retrospective study evaluated the prognostic significance of the GNRI and PMV in 105 consecutive patients aged ≥65 years who underwent pancreatectomy for histologically confirmed pancreatic cancer. The patients were divided into high (GNRI > 98) and low GNRI groups (GNRI ≤98), and into high (PMV > 61.5 mm
resultsBoth the 5-year overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) rates were significantly greater among patients in the high GNRI group than among patients in the low GNRI group. Similarly, both the 5-year OS and RFS rates were significantly greater among patients in the high PMV group than among patients in the low PMV group. Patients were stratified into three groups: those with both high GNRI and high PMV; those with either high GNRI or high PMV (but not both); and those with both low GNRI and low PMV. Patients with both low GNRI and low PMV had a worse 5-year OS rate, compared with patients in other groups (P < 0.001). The C-index of the combination of the GNRI and PMV for predicting 5-year OS was greater than the C-indices of either the GNRI or PMV alone. Multivariate analysis revealed that the combination of the GNRI and PMV was an independent prognostic factor in patients aged ≥65 years with pancreatic cancer (P = 0.003).
conclusionsThe combination of the GNRI and PMV might be useful to predict prognosis in patients aged ≥65 years with pancreatic cancer.
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