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SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2025

Association of preoperative controlling nutritional status score with clinical outcomes among surgical patients with esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.

Yanli Ji, Lei Wang, Xiaoli Mei, E Zheng, Lin Lin, Mei Yang

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6 authors.

Yanli JiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Lei WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xiaoli MeiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
E ZhengDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Lin LinDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Mei YangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between preoperative controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score and long-term and short-term outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer receiving esophagectomy. Methods: The Web of Science, EMBASE, PubMed, and CNKI databases were searched up to 24 January 2025. Primary outcome was long-term survival such as the overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and cancer-specific survival (CSS). Secondary outcomes included the postoperative overall complication, incision infection, anastomotic fistula, pneumonia, respiratory complication, 90-day death, cardiovascular complication, major adverse cerebrocardiovascular event (MACCE), pulmonary atelectasis, and pulmonary embolism. Hazard ratio (HR) and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) were separately combined for the primary and secondary outcomes. Subgroup analysis for the OS and DFS by neoadjuvant therapy and pathological type was further conducted. Results: Eighteen studies with 5,495 cases were included. Pooled results manifested that elevated preoperative CONUT score predicted significantly worse OS (HR = 1.75, 95% CI: 1.30-2.37, Conclusion: Preoperative CONUT score might serve as a prognostic indicator in surgical esophageal cancer, and patients with elevated CONUT score are suggested to experience worse long-term and short-term clinical outcomes.

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controlling nutritional status scoreesophageal cancerlong-term outcomesmeta-analysisshort-term outcomessurgery

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PMCPMC12643846

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