Background Early oral feeding has been shown to be safe and effective for most surgeries,
while surgeons and nurses are still hesitant to implement it in gastric cancer patients who …

Background Anastomotic complications are among the most devastating consequences of
gastrointestinal surgery. Despite its high morbidity, the factors responsible for anastomotic …

Background Preoperative malnutrition can worsen morbidity and mortality; however, the role
of postgastrectomy nutritional status remains unclear. Our purpose was to clarify whether …

Purpose The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is calculated using the serum albumin and
peripheral lymphocyte counts. We sought to assess the correlation between the …

Patients with gastric cancer are often malnourished or sarcopenic during tumor progression.
Perioperative malnutrition, including sarcopenia, is strongly related to postoperative …

Recent developments in diagnostic technology, accumulated clinical effort and established
evidence have boosted early detection and drastically improved early and long‐term …

The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the prognostic significance of pre-
treatment immunological and nutritional statuses in patients with locally advanced gastric …

Background: Peripheral parenteral nutrition allows repletion of acute nutrient deficiencies
and could prevent further nutrition deficits before and after colorectal surgery. A randomized …

Purpose The Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (UGICR) was developed to monitor
and improve the quality of care provided to patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers in …

Aims To evaluate the compliance of patients after gastrectomy in taking oral nutritional
supplementation and to explore the promoting and hindering factors. Design A mixed …