Clinicopathological and Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Prognostic Nutritional Index in Patients with Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.

Jianyong LiuPengjie WuShicong LaiXinda SongMiao WangXuan WangShengjie LiuHuimin HouYaoguang ZhangJianye Wang

Published in: Nutrition and cancer (2022)

A low PNI is an independent predictor of PFS and OS in patients with UTUC after RNU. By subgroup analysis, the prognostic value of PNI was limited to patients with higher risk. PNI may become a useful biomarker to predict oncological outcomes in patients with UTUC after RNU.

Keyphrases

urinary tract
patients undergoing
rectal cancer
radical prostatectomy
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
clinical trial
robot assisted
randomized controlled trial
skeletal muscle
minimally invasive
insulin resistance
open label
double blind