Pre-operative hypoalbuminaemia predicts poor overall survival in rectal cancer: a retrospective cohort analysis

BACKGROUND: Serum albumin is a marker of nutrition and inflammation. It has recently emerged as a predictor of outcome after surgery for rectal cancer. Our aim was to evaluate if pre-operative serum albumin would predict survival after resection for rectal cancer. METHOD: 226 Patients with rectal ca...

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Autores principales: Chandrasinghe, Pramodh C, Ediriweera, Dileepa S, Kumarage, Sumudu K, Deen, Kemal I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23590192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-13-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23590192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-13-12

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