Preoperative Nutritional Deficiency Is a Useful Predictor of Postoperative Outcome in Patients Undergoing Curative Resection for Gastric Cancer

BACKGROUND: Preoperative nutritional deficiency (ND) has been shown to be a valuable prognostic factor in urologic malignancies. We aimed to investigate the prognostic value of ND in patients with gastric cancer (GC). METHODS: A single-center cohort of 1026 GC patients undergoing curative resection...

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Main Authors: Xuechao Liu, Pengfei Xu, Haibo Qiu, Dazhi Xu, Wei Li, Youqing Zhan, Yuanfang Li, Yingbo Chen, Zhiwei Zhou, Xiaowei Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Translational Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936523316301292