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Significance of the Preoperative CONUT Score in Predicting Postoperative Disease-free and Overall Survival in Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma with Obstructive Lung Disease.
Anticancer research - 1 May 2017
Akamine Takaki, Toyokawa Gouji, Matsubara Taichi, Kozuma Yuka, Haratake Naoki, Takamori Shinkichi, Katsura Masakazu, Takada Kazuki, Shoji Fumihiro, Okamoto Tatsuro, Maehara Yoshihiko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The usefulness of the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score for preoperative nutritional assessment has been reported in resected colorectal and esophageal cancer, but not in lung cancer with obstructive lung disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 109 patients with adenocarcinoma with obstructive pulmonary disease. We set 1 as the cut-off value for the CONUT score and...
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