SynthesisAnnals of medicine2023
Prognostic role of the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score in patients with biliary tract cancer: a meta-analysis.
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- Prognostic value of the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score in cancer: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Association between malnutrition diagnosed by different screening and assessment tools and clinical outcomes: an umbrella review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Correlation between the CALLY index and postoperative stroke-associated pneumonia in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.Neurosurgical review · 2026Article
- Preoperative Prognostic Score for Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Undergoing Curative-Intent Resection.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Abnormal nutritional status determined by the controlling nutritional status score is associated with lymph node metastasis in female patients with breast cancer, but Naples prognostic score not.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Risk factors and predictive model for postoperative pulmonary complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy: a retrospective cohort study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Controlling nutritional status score is a predictor of survival in hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis and meta-regression.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Review
- Impact of Nutritional Changes on the Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Underwent Curative Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.Nutrients · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious reports have not reached consistent results regarding the prognostic significance of the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score in biliary tract cancer (BTC). Therefore, the present meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the precise role of the CONUT score in predicting the prognosis of BTC.
methodsElectronic platforms including Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase were comprehensively searched up to May 2, 2023. We also determined combined hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to estimate the role of the CONUT score in predicting the prognosis of patients with BTC.
resultsTen studies involving 1,441 patients were included in the present study. Nine studies treated patients with surgical resection, and one study used percutaneous transhepatic biliary stenting (PTBS) plus 125I seed intracavitary irradiation. Based on the combined data, a higher CONUT score significantly predicted dismal overall survival (OS) (HR = 1.94, 95%CI = 1.41-2.66,
conclusionHigher CONUT scores significantly predicted worse OS and RFS in patients with BTC. Moreover, BTC patients with high CONUT scores tended to have poor tumor differentiation. The CONUT score could help clinicians stratify high-risk patients with BTC and devise individualized treatment plans.
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