Prognostic significance of preoperative prognostic nutritional index in colorectal cancer: results from a retrospective cohort study and a meta-analysis

Abstract

// <![CDATA[ $('.header-date').hide();$('#titleAuthors').hide();$('#abstractHeader').hide(); // ]]> Yuchong Yang1,*, Peng Gao1,*, Xiaowan Chen1, Yongxi Song1, Jinxin Shi1, Junhua Zhao1, Jingxu Sun1, Yingying Xu2 and Zhenning Wang1 1 Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, PR China 2 Department of Breast Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, PR China * These authors have contributed equally to this work Correspondence to: Zhen-ning Wang, email: // <![CDATA[ mail("josieon826","sina",23,"") // ]]> Keywords: colorectal cancer, meta-analysis, prognostic nutritional index, prognosis, TNM staging Received: April 29, 2016 Accepted: June 07, 2016 Published: June 17, 2016