Prognostic nutrition index affects the prognosis of patients undergoing trimodality therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Junichi SohKen SuzawaKazuhiko ShienShinji OtaniHiromasa YamamotoMikio OkazakiSeiichiro SugimotoKuniaki KatsuiMasaomi YamaneKatsuyuki KiuraSusumu KanazawaShinichi ToyookaPublished in: Surgery today (2020)
Measuring the PNI before trimodality therapy is important for predicting the clinical outcome of patients with LA-NSCLC, with differing predictive ability according to the disease extent. Perioperative intensive nutritional intervention must be considered for patients who undergo trimodality therapy for LA-NSCLC.