ArticleWorld journal of surgery2021
Postoperative Nutritional Status is Predictive of the Survival Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Resection of Stage III Colorectal Cancer.
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- Global prevalence and moderating factors of malnutrition in colorectal cancer survivors: A meta-analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- Prognostic value of controlling nutritional status score (CONUT) in patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and Safety of a Combination of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Support in the Postoperative Period for Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Balkan medical journal · 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
- Meta-analysis of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on immune functions and nutritional status of patients with colorectal cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of Glutamine on Immune Function and Post-Operative Complications of Patients With Colorectal Cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Long-term postdischarge immunonutrition management in elective colorectal cancer surgery patients an interim analysis of a Chinese multicenter randomised controlled trial.Metabolism open · 2026Article
- Effect of perioperative glutamine-enriched nutritional support on patients with colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Effects of glutamine on plasma protein and inflammation in postoperative patients with colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.International journal of colorectal disease · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundPreoperative nutritional status is reportedly associated with the clinical outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), although it remains inconclusive whether the preoperative nutritional status that may improve after surgery is truly predictive of the survival outcomes of patients with CRC.
methodsClinical records of patients with stage III CRC (n = 821) in whom curative resection had been achieved were retrospectively reviewed and the prognostic impact of nutritional status, determined by the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score, was analyzed.
resultsThe CONUT undernutrition grade was significantly associated with the overall survival rate (OS) in the original population (P < 0.0001). By adopting a cut-off value of CONUT score of ≥ 2 and adjustment for clinical variables using the inverse probability treatment weighting methods, the group with a preoperative CONUT score of ≥ 2 showed a worse OS as compared to the groups with a preoperative CONUT score of < 2 (P = 0.037). However, sub-analysis based on the dynamic changes in the CONUT score revealed that sustained malnutrition in the postoperative period was more frequent among patients with preoperative CONUT score of ≥ 2, and that the OS and recurrence-free survival rate (RFS) were significantly correlated with the "postoperative" nutritional status, irrespective of the preoperative nutritional status. Patients who showed improvements of the nutritional status after surgery showed a significantly longer OS and RFS.
conclusionsSustained undernutrition or worsening of the nutritional status after colectomy may be associated with a worse OS and RFS after curative resection in patients with stage III CRC.
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