ArticleNutrients2025
Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) and Survival in Pancreatic Cancer: A Retrospective Study.
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- Insights into the Prognostic Efficacy of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in the Era of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy: A Nomogram for Predicting Long-Term Survival Outcomes.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
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introductionMalnutrition is a major contributor to poor treatment and survival outcomes in pancreatic cancer, yet nutritional assessment is not standardized or consistently implemented in the care of oncology patients. The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), calculated from serum albumin and body weight, may be useful as a practical tool for identifying patients at risk of poor nutritional status.
methodsThis retrospective study included 314 patients aged ≥18 years with pancreatic cancer. The GNRI was calculated at diagnosis and ≥30 days later. Patients were categorized by the GNRI at diagnosis (no risk >98, any risk ≤98) and change in the GNRI over time (no change/increase, mild decrease, and severe decrease). Additional variables included were demographics and stage. Comparative analysis included
resultsMedian survival was significantly decreased in patients in the
conclusionsLower GNRI scores showing greater nutritional risk at diagnosis and decreasing GNRI scores over time were predictors of decreased survival in pancreatic cancer. Our findings indicate that the GNRI may be valid and effective for the early identification of patients with a high nutritional risk who require nutritional interventions to improve outcomes in pancreatic cancer. However, more research is needed using larger samples and a greater variety of variables to confirm the presence and strength of this relationship, examine the effect of patient factors known to be associated with survival and nutrition, and explore potential influential confounders.
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