Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	8122
Country	China

Received	2013-12-16 16:29
Peer-Review Started	2013-12-16 19:09
To Make the First Decision	2014-02-14 15:27
Return for Revision	2014-02-17 17:42
Revised	2014-03-12 10:46
Second Decision	2014-05-05 09:00
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2014-05-05 09:51
Articles in Press	2014-05-23 09:26
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2014-05-19 11:55
Typeset the Manuscript	2014-07-27 15:21
Publish the Manuscript Online	2014-08-18 16:49

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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Study
Article Title	Prognostic nutritional index predicts postoperative complications and long-term outcomes of gastric cancer
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Nan Jiang, Jing-Yu Deng, Xue-Wei Ding, Bin Ke, Ning Liu, Ru-Peng Zhang and Han Liang
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) 2010CB529301 Key Program for Anti-cancer Research of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission 12ZCDZSY16400
Corresponding Author	Han Liang, MD, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Ti-Yuan-Bei, Huan-Hu-Xi Road, He Xi District, Tianjin 300060, China. tjlianghan@gmail.com
Key Words	Prognostic nutritional index; gastric cancer; postoperative complications; total gastrectomy; prognosis
Core Tip	Prognostic nutritional index (PNI) has been shown to be associated with poor outcomes in various types of malignancy. The low PNI was an independent risk factor for the incidence of postoperative complications and an independent predictor of poor overall survival (OS) in gastric cancer patients undergoing total gastrectomy. The OS rates were significantly lower in the PNI-low group than in the PNI-high group among patients with stages Ⅱ and Ⅲ disease. We suggest that PNI is a simple and useful marker not only to identify patients at increased risk for postoperative complications, but also to predict long-term survival after total gastrectomy.
Publish Date	2014-08-18 16:49
Citation	Jiang N, Deng JY, Ding XW, Ke B, Liu N, Zhang RP, Liang H. Prognostic nutritional index predicts postoperative complications and long-term outcomes of gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(30): 10537-10544
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i30/10537.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i30.10537

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