Nutritional status at diagnosis is prognostic for pharyngeal cancer patients: a retrospective study.
Chia-Yun WuYu-Hsuan LinWu-Chia LoPing-Chia ChengWan-Lun HsuYong-Chen ChenPei-Wei ShuengChen-Hsi HsiehLi-Jen LiaoPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2022)
We found that multiple nutrition markers, including BMI, hemoglobin, albumin, PNI, NRI and HALP score, are important predictors for pharyngeal cancers. This is the first report confirming the prognostic effect of the HALP score for HNCs. Nutritional status at diagnosis should be given more attention in pharyngeal cancer patients.