BACKGROUND The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) has been widely applied for predicting survival outcomes of patients with various malignant tumors. Although a low PNI predicts poor prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer after tumor resection, the prognostic value remains unknown in patients with stage III colon cancer undergoing curative tumor resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy...

BACKGROUND Queensland, Australia, has the highest rates of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Perineural invasion (PNI) is associated with reduced local control and survival. METHODS A retrospective review of a prospective database of patients with clinical PNI from cutaneous SCC of the head and neck (SCCHN) treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) between 2000 and 201...

PURPOSE Previous studies have demonstrated the prognostic impact of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI), a proposed indicator of immunonutritional statuses of surgical patients, on patients with various gastrointestinal cancers. Although the prognostic impact of the PNI on patients with colorectal cancer has been well established, its value has not been studied in patients treated with preop...

Systemic inflammatory responses (SIRs) can help predict survival in various cancers. The present study investigated the accuracy of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in predicting survival for patients with recurrent cervical cancer. A retrospective review of prognoses examined the associations among NLR, PLR, and PNI...

BACKGROUND Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) rehabilitation remains a challenge for physical therapists because PNI effects are very disabling. Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been described as a physical resource that is able to influence enzymes called metallopeptidases (MMPs) associated with extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover, thus accelerating neuromuscular recovery after nerve crush injuri...

Perineural invasion (PNI) has been recognized as a poor prognostic factor in several malignancies, but the definition and pathogenesis of PNI in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains to be defined. PNI was evaluated by H&E staining and S100 immunohistochemistry. The predictive value of PNI in the prognosis of ESCC patients was analyzed. PNI was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. A tota...

Meteorological drought is a climatic condition categorized by scarcity of rainfall. Understanding the characteristics significant step appointed uncertain climate conditions due to current global change. This study aims assess duration and frequency using Normal Precipitation Index (PNPI) method identify in area. The PNPI revealed spatial variation percent value monthly rainfall average across ...

Background: Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) rehabilitation remains a challenge for physical therapists because PNI effects are very disabling. Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been described as a physical resource that is able to influence enzymes called metallopeptidases (MMPs) associated with extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover, thus accelerating neuromuscular recovery after nerve crush injur...

Background - The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) score is based on the level of lymphocytes and albuminemia. The aim of this study was to validate the pre-operative PNI score for predicting post-operative mortality and morbidity of patients operated on for gastric cancer. Methods - This retrospective study collected data from patients operated on for a gastric cancer at the surgical unit B o...

conclusions although the presence of pni in prostate biopsy is accompanied by higher surgical stages, pni is not an appropriate independent factor in risk stratification. patients and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted using a sample of 109 patients who attended a tertiary health care center from 2008 to 2013. the selection criteria were pni in prostate biopsy with gleason scores ...