The Impact of Preoperative Underweight Status on Postoperative Complication and Survival Outcome of Gastric Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Bochao ZhaoJiale ZhangShihui ZouRui LuoHuimian XuBaojun Huang

Published in: Nutrition and cancer (2019)

Preoperative underweight status was significantly associated with unfavorable postoperative outcome of GC patients. The status may represent excessive nutritional consumption and malnutrition resulting from aggressive tumor.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
weight gain
body mass index
patient reported
gas chromatography