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SUBMITTER: Oba T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045374 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oba Takaaki T Maeno Kazuma K Takekoshi Daiya D Ono Mayu M Ito Tokiko T Kanai Toshiharu T Ito Ken-Ichi KI
BMC cancer 20200227 1
<h4>Background</h4>The prognostic nutritional index (PNI), which is an easily calculated nutritional index, is significantly associated with patient outcomes in various solid malignancies. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of PNI changes in patients with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC).<h4>Methods</h4>We reviewed patients with breast cancer who underwent NAC and a subsequent surgery for breast cancer between 2005 and 2016. PNI before and after NAC were ca ...[more]