Preoperative Body Mass Index, Blood Albumin and Triglycerides Predict Survival for Patients with Gastric Cancer.

BACKGROUND:Gastric cancer (GC) is common and its prognosis is often poor due to difficulties in early diagnosis and optimal treatment strategies. TNM staging system is useful in predicting prognosis but only possible after surgery. Therefore, it is desirable to investigate prognostic factors/markers...

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Main Authors: Bin Zheng Liu, Lin Tao, Yun Zhao Chen, Xu Zhe Li, Yu Ling Dong, Ya Jing Ma, Shu Gang Li, Feng Li, Wen Jie Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4911005?pdf=render