The prognostic nutritional index predicts survival and response to first-line chemotherapy in advanced biliary cancer.

Massimiliano SalatiRoberto FilippiCaterina VivaldiFrancesco CaputoFrancesco LeoneFrancesca SalaniKrisida CermaMassimo AgliettaLorenzo FornaroElisa SpertiMassimo Di MaioCinzia OrtegaElisabetta FenocchioPasquale LombardiCeleste CagnazzoIlaria DepetrisFabio GelsominoAndrea SpallanzaniDaniele SantiniNicola SilvestrisGiuseppe AprileGiandomenico RovielloMario ScartozziStefano CascinuAndrea Casadei-Gardini

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)

We demonstrated and externally validated a prognostic role for the PNI in ABC treated with first-line chemotherapy. Although the PNI turned out to be predictive in the subset of patients receiving platinum/gemcitabine combination, future prospective confirmation is needed.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
papillary thyroid
rectal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
current status
lymph node metastasis
free survival
newly diagnosed