ArticleContemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland)2025
Cancer, malnutrition and inflammatory biomarkers. Why do some cancer patients lose more weight than others?
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- From malnutrition to multimodal care: a bibliometric and knowledge mapping analysis of frailty research in cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Association between prognostic nutritional index (PNI)/Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score and prognosis in patients with bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational andrology and urology · 2026Article
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- Clinical phenotype identification based on inflammation-nutrition-coagulation biomarkers in advanced non-small cell lung cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Prevalence of malnutrition and the appropriateness of nutritional support among patients with hematologic malignancies: a GLIM-based study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Comment On: "Association Between Admission Prognostic Nutritional Index and Pulmonary Infection Status in Hospitalized Lung Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study" [Letter].Journal of inflammation research · 2026Article
- Risk of Malnutrition in Digestive System Cancers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancers · 2025Review
- Healthcare Management in Cardio-Oncology, Clinical Strategies and Future Perspectives: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Predictive Value of the Glasgow Prognostic Score for Prognosis in Patients with Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Curative Radiotherapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Tumour necrosis factor-Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Malnutrition is highly prevalent in cancer patients, significantly influencing their clinical outcomes and prognosis. The study was conducted to investigate the association between inflammatory biomarkers, nutritional status and progression of the disease across various types of cancers. Material and methods: Retrospective data from 200 consecutive Caucasian cancer patients admitted to a major oncology hospital for cancer treatment were analyzed according to age, sex, cancer type, nutritional status (percentage body weight loss - %BWL), body mass index (BMI), percentage of dietary intake from the calculated requirement for nutrients (%DI)), and laboratory results (albumin levels, total protein concentration, C-reactive protein - CRP). Inflammatory biomarkers such as prognostic nutritional index (PNI), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were assessed. Results: Prognostic nutritional index (ρ = -0.464, Conclusions: The intensity of inflammation may be responsible for the severity of malnutrition and cancer prognosis.
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