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Aug 2026
The preoperative hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet score as a prognostic Indicator for survival in gastric and colorectal cancer patients
Low preoperative HALP independently predicted poor prognosis in gastric and colorectal cancers during follow-up, particularly in Stage III disease, supporting its use as a complementary marker reflecting the synergistic cascade of malnutrition, inflammation, and immunosuppression linked to tumor aggressiveness.
Bei-Jia Zhou, Jun-Xuan Chen, Chen Chen et al.
· Frontiers in Nutrition · 0 citations