Practical Geriatrics ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 241-244.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2025.03.006

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Predictive effect of CONUT score on tolerance of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and prognosis in elderly patients with stage Ⅱ/Ⅲ colon cancer

WEI Xiaowei, ZHANG Linzhu, ZHANG Juan, ZHOU Jin   

  1. Department of Oncology(WEI Xiaowei,ZHANG Juan); Department of General Surgery(ZHOU Jin), Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing 210006, China; Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China(ZHANG Linzhu)
  • Received:2024-10-25 Online:2025-03-20 Published:2025-04-03
  • Contact: ZHOU Jin, Email:georgenjmu@163.com

Abstract: Objective To explore the predictive value of CONUT scoring system in the elderly patients with stage Ⅱ/Ⅲ colon cancer who received postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods The data of 86 patients who underwent postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer in Nanjing First Hospital from January 2018 to January 2022 were retrospectively analyzed and divided into low CONUT group and high CONUT group according to the preoperative CONUT score. The clinical characteristics, chemotherapy compliance and complications were compared between the two groups, and the survival prognosis was further analyzed. Results The incidence rate of grade Ⅲ/Ⅳ neutrophil deficiency was significantly higher in the high CONUT group than that in the low CONUT group (P<0.05), and the days of chemotherapy delay was significantly longer than that in the low CONUT group (P<0.05). Survival analysis showed that the patients in the high CONUT group had significantly worse disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) than those in the low CONUT group (P<0.05). Conclusions The CONUT score can be used to assist in evaluating the response to postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and clinical prognosis in the elderly patients with colon cancer.

Key words: controlling nutritional status score, aged, colon cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy, prognosis

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