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The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) is an independent predictor of overall survival in older patients with follicular lymphoma.

Pablo MozasAndrea RiveroAlfredo Rivas-DelgadoFerran NadeuEva GinéJulio DelgadoNeus VillamorElias CampoPatricia Pérez-GalánLaura MagnanoArmondo López-Guillermo
Published in: Leukemia & lymphoma (2021)
The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), a parameter combining serum albumin concentration and absolute lymphocyte count, is considered a measure of the nutritional and inflammatory status and the host's anti-tumor response. We analyzed the clinical characteristics and outcomes according to the PNI of 351 grades 1-3 A FL patients. Forty-one patients (12%) had a PNI ≤45, who were older and showed adverse baseline features. A low PNI was associated with a shorter PFS (only for patients >60 years), and OS (for all patients, 10-year OS, 52% versus 74%, p = 0.0001). The prognostic impact of the PNI on OS was confirmed in a multivariate model for patients >60 years (HR = 3, p = 0.006). In conclusion, the PNI is a readily accessible piece of information that can identify a small subset of FL patients with shorter survival, and it could be an aid to improve the nutritional status of patients prior to treatment initiation.
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