Preoperative prealbumin levels on admission as an independent predictive factor in patients with gastric cancer

Background: To explore the role of preoperative prealbumin levels in predicting the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer. Methods: A total of 989 gastric cancer patients in the Affiliated Tumour Hospital of Harbin Medical University who underwent gastrectomy were included in this retrospective study. The preoperative prealbumin level, clinicopathological data, and follow-up data were recorded. According to the maximum chi-square survival correlation value, the survival of patients with low preoperative prealbumin (
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