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28.01.2021 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Pretherapeutic Naples Prognostic Score in Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer
verfasst von:
Kazuki Kano, MD, PhD, Takanobu Yamada, MD, PhD, Takashi Ogata, MD, PhD, Takashi Oshima, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 8/2021
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Excerpt
Previous studies have reported the utility of systemic inflammatory and nutritional indices, such as the prognostic nutritional index or modified Glasgow Prognostic Score, as prognosticators for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).
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2 However, these predictors also remained insufficient due to their limited representation and reflection of the patients’ general status. The Naples prognostic score (NPS) is a scoring system based on albumin, cholesterol concentration, lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio that reflects host inflammatory status, malnutrition, and survival for several malignancies.
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4 However, it remains unclear whether the prognostic significance of NPS more accurately reflects the prognosis of patients with locally advanced ESCC than other systemic inflammatory and nutritional indices. …
