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SUBMITTER: Takagi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6729085 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takagi Kosei K Domagala Piotr P Polak Wojciech G WG Buettner Stefan S Wijnhoven Bas P L BPL Ijzermans Jan N M JNM
BMC surgery 20190905 1
<h4>Background</h4>In recent years, the clinical evidence of the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score has increased in patients with gastrointestinal cancers. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate the association between the preoperative CONUT score and outcomes in patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer (GC).<h4>Methods</h4>A systematic literature search for studies reporting the prognostic impact of the CONUT score in patients with GC was ...[more]