Preoperative geriatric nutritional risk index is a useful prognostic indicator in elderly patients with gastric cancer.
CONCLUSIONS: GNRI is significantly associated with OS and CSS in elderly gastric cancer patients and is an independent predictor of OS. It is a simple, cost-effective, and promising nutritional index for predicting OS in elderly patients.
PMID: 32595832 [PubMed]
Source: Oncotarget - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncotarget Source Type: research
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