The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score Predicts Post-operatory Risks and Prognosis in Patients With Surgically Treated Colon Cancer: A Retrospective Study

• Published in: Anticancer research Vol. 44; no. 9; pp. 3955 - 3964
• Main Authors: COZZANI, FEDERICO, RICCHIUTO, MATTEO, VIRGILIO, EDOARDO, VIANI, LORENZO, ROSSINI, MATTEO, PEDRAZZI, GIUSEPPE, RIO, PAOLO DEL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece 01.09.2024
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Colonic Neoplasms - mortality; Colonic Neoplasms - pathology; Colonic Neoplasms - surgery; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition Assessment; Nutritional Status; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; colectomy; nutrition; CONUT; colon cancer; CONUT score

The Controlling Nutritional status (CONUT) score, a valuable tool evaluating the preoperative conditions of patients from a nutritional point of view, has been successfully adopted for a plethora of malignancies including colorectal cancer (CRC). However, since rectal cancer has characteristics that...