ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2024
Prognostic Significance of Sarcopenia and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in Biliary Tract Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
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- Prognostic roles nutritional index in patients with resectable and advanced biliary tract cancers.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of imaging-diagnosed sarcopenia on outcomes in patients with biliary tract cancer after surgical resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of surgical oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Dynamic postoperative trajectory of osteosarcopenia predicts the long-term outcomes in colorectal cancer.Surgery today · 2026Article
- A multicenter study identifies an immune inflammatory and nutritional prognostic signature in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the validity of pancreatoduodenectomy in older patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma in terms of recurrence.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Preoperative Prediction of Sarcopenia in Patients Scheduled for Gastric and Colorectal Cancer Surgery.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the prognostic significance of sarcopenia and systemic inflammatory markers in patients with surgically resected biliary tract cancer (BTC).
methodsBetween July 2010 and December 2022, 146 patients were recruited. Sarcopenia was assessed using the psoas muscle index. Preoperative inflammatory markers were used to calculate the prognostic nutritional index (PNI), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio. Cox regression analysis was performed to determine prognostic factors for overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
resultsSixty-four patients had sarcopenia. Sarcopenia was associated with body mass index (< 22 kg/m
conclusionSarcopenia is associated with the PNI. Sarcopenia and the PNI are independent prognostic factors among patients with resected BTC. Sarcopenia may have better prognostic value when combined with the PNI.
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