BACKGROUND/AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic impact of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index in elderly patients with colorectal cancer and to evaluate the utility of this new system. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Elderly patients aged 65 years and older who had undergone curative resection for colorectal cancer during the study period among all patients who received initial treatment for colorectal cancer at our hospital between 2014 and 2022 (n=373) were targeted. We retrospectively investigated the relationship between preoperative Geriatric nutritional risk index and overall and recurrence free survival rate. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed to identify independent prognostic factors after curative resection for elderly patients with colorectal cancer. RESULTS: =0.03). CONCLUSION: The Geriatric nutritional risk index was an independent prognostic factor in elderly patients. Geriatric nutritional risk index may facilitate multidisciplinary decision-making in elderly patients with colorectal cancer.
Kobayashi et al. (Fri,) studied this question.