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International Journal of Colorectal Disease

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01-04-2019 | Colorectal Cancer | Original Article

Impact of the preoperative prognostic nutritional index on postoperative and survival outcomes in colorectal cancer patients who underwent primary tumor resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Guangwei Sun, Yalun Li, Yangjie Peng, Dapeng Lu, Fuqiang Zhang, Xueyang Cui, Qingyue Zhang, Zhuang Li

Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease | Issue 4/2019

Abstract

Purpose

We aimed to explore whether the preoperative prognostic nutritional index (PNI) could be an indicator of prognostic outcomes in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted using the PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases. All original comparative studies published in English that were related to a high PNI versus a low PNI in CRC patients were included.

Results

A total of 10 studies involving 6372 patients were included in our meta-analysis. Our overall analysis indicated that the low-PNI group had a significantly reduced overall survival (OS) (HR = 1.87, 95% CI = 1.45–2.42, P < 0.01), cancer-specific survival (HR = 1.53, 95% CI = 1.07–2.19, P = 0.02), and disease-free survival (HR = 1.67, 95% CI = 1.23–2.26, P < 0.01) compared with the high-PNI group. Furthermore, our subgroup results indicated that a high PNI could be a significant indicator of improved OS in TNM stage II (HR = 1.93, 95% CI = 1.29–2.90, P < 0.01) and III (HR = 1.71, 95% CI = 1.25–2.34, P < 0.01), and a similar trend in TNM stage I or IV could also be observed though without statistical significance. Regarding postoperative complications, our pooled results indicated that the low-PNI group had a significantly increased incidence of total and severe postoperative complications.

Conclusions

Our findings indicated that CRC patients with a preoperative high PNI had a significantly improved OS. However, almost only Asian CRC patients were included based on current issue.

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Title: Impact of the preoperative prognostic nutritional index on postoperative and survival outcomes in colorectal cancer patients who underwent primary tumor resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Guangwei Sun
Yalun Li
Yangjie Peng
Dapeng Lu
Fuqiang Zhang
Xueyang Cui
Qingyue Zhang
Zhuang Li
Publication date: 01-04-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0179-1958
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-019-03241-1

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