Abstract
Background/Aim: We compared the adequacy of five nutrition assessment tools with respect to their predictive value in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer (GC) receiving radical surgery. Patients and Methods: Five nutrition assessment tools-Glasgow prognostic score (GPS), malnutritional universal screening tool (MUST), nutritional risk screening, patient generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA), and prognostic nutritional index (PNI)-were assessed preoperatively for stage III GC patients. The correlation between postoperative events and nutritional status was further analyzed. Results: Most of the nutritional tools accurately predicted length of hospital stay and grade 3 or higher surgical complications, while only the GPS correlated with 30-day readmission and surgical complications. The PG-SGA performed the poorest among the five tools and failed to predict any postoperative event. Conclusion: The application of GPS is recommended as a prognostic index for patients with locally advanced GC prior to radical surgery.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2803-2809 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | In Vivo |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 09 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Gastric cancer
- Glasgow prognostic score
- Nutritional assessment tool
- Postoperative complication
