Nutritional status indicators predict tolerability to adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with stage II/III rectal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

Shinya AbeHiroaki NozawaKazuhito SasakiKoji MuronoShigenobu EmotoYuichiro YokoyamaHiroyuki MatsuzakiYuzo NagaiTakahide ShinagawaHirofumi SonodaSoichiro Ishihara

Published in: Digestion (2024)

The discontinuation of AC was related to poor RFS in patients with LARC undergoing preoperative CRT. Furthermore, a low PNI value was identified as a risk factor for a shorter duration of AC.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
locally advanced
patients undergoing
open label
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
placebo controlled
left ventricular
drug induced