ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025
Clinical significance of preoperative nutrition and inflammation assessment tools in gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing surgery: a retrospective cohort study.
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- Frailty and nutritional assessments for predicting postoperative complications in older adults undergoing non-cardiac surgery.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a prediction model for lymph node metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma using serum biomarkers.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
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Background: Malnutrition and inflammation are associated with poorer surgical outcomes in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. However, it is still debated which parameters should be used to assess nutritional and inflammatory status. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prognostic role of specific parameters in predicting postoperative outcomes in this specific subgroup of patients. Methods: This retrospective study included 391 adult patients. Malnutrition risk, was assessed by preoperative validated Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) score ≥2, lymphocyte count <900 n/mm Results: Patients with higher preoperative MUST score ( Conclusion: The presence of preoperative malnutrition and/or inflammation is associated with worse postoperative outcomes in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Early nutritional assessment, including all the above parameters, may allow more tailored intervention to reduce the risk of adverse postoperative outcomes.
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