Prognostic nutritional index predicts initial response to treatment and prognosis in metastatic castration ‐resistant prostate cancer patients treated with abiraterone

ConclusionIndependent of PSA level variation, PNI level elevation during the first month of AA treatment and high baseline PNI level were significantly correlated with initial response to AA treatment. In addition, low pretreatment PNI level is a negative independent prognosticator of survival outcomes in mCRPC treated with AA and also increases the accuracy of established prognostic model.

Source: The Prostate - July 28, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Liancheng Fan, Xiao Wang, Chenfei Chi, Yanqing Wang, Wen Cai, Xiaoguang Shao, Fan Xu, Jiahua Pan, Yinjie Zhu, Xun Shangguan, Zhixiang Xin, Jianian Hu, Shaowei Xie, Rui Wang, Lixin Zhou, Baijun Dong, Wei Xue Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research