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ReviewPakistan journal of medical sciences

Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) and Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score for predicting outcomes of breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Puchao Peng, Lijie Chen, Qinjing Shen, Zhouming Xu, Xiufang Ding

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Review in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Role of nutritional (PNI, CONUT) and inflammatory indices (SII) in predicting lymph node metastasis and prognosis of thyroid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  16. PIV, PNI and HALP score for predicting pathological complete response in breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  19. Longitudinal trajectories of nutritional markers in patients with de novo Stage IV gastric cancer: a descriptive analysis using one-year survival as a reference.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Puchao PengPuchao Peng, Department of Breast Surgery, Huzhou Maternity & Child Health Care Hospital, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China.
Lijie ChenLijie Chen, Department of Breast Surgery, Huzhou Maternity & Child Health Care Hospital, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China.
Qinjing ShenQinjing Shen, Department of Breast Surgery, Huzhou Maternity & Child Health Care Hospital, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China.
Zhouming XuZhouming Xu, Department of Breast Surgery, Huzhou Maternity & Child Health Care Hospital, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China.
Xiufang DingXiufang Ding, Department of Breast Surgery, Huzhou Maternity & Child Health Care Hospital, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To assess prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score could predict overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with breast cancer. Methods: PubMed, Embase, ScienceDirect, CENTRAL, and Google Scholar were searched from 1 Results: Nine studies were included. On pooled analysis, we noted a statistically significant improved OS in patients with high PNI as compared to low PNI. Meta-analysis revealed no significant difference in DFS between patients with high PNI and low PNI. However, on the exclusion of one study, we noted that high PNI was associated with significantly improved DFS as compared to low PNI. On pooled analysis, we also noted that a high CONUT score was associated with significantly reduced OS in breast cancer patients. Conclusion: Our results indicate that PNI is an important prognostic factor for patients with breast cancer. Pre-treatment low PNI is associated with worse OS and DFS. Scarce data also indicates that a high CONUT score is predictive of poor OS in breast cancer.

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Breast cancerMalnutritionMortalityPrognosisRecurrence

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PMID37680798
PMCPMC10480717

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