Open AccessPrognostic value of prognostic nutritional index in lung cancer: a meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Dan Li,
Xia Yuan,
Jia Liu,
Changling Li,
Weimin Li
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.51
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , hazard ratio , oncology , adenocarcinoma , meta analysis , confidence interval , biomarker , cancer , gastroenterology , biochemistry , chemistry
Previous studies reported pretreatment prognostic nutritional index (PNI) was associated with clinical outcome of lung cancer. However, the result was not conclusive. We conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis to clarify the impact of PNI in lung cancer prognosis.