Nutritional statuses before and after chemotherapy predict the prognosis of Chinese patients after gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

Background And Objectives: Nutritional parameters may predict the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer. This study investigated whether changes in nutritional parameters before and after chemotherapy were associated with survival among patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

Methods And Study Design: We retrospectively reviewed data from 77 Chinese patients who had undergone gastrectomy for stage III gastric cancer at a single center.

Multiple System Atrophy - Cerebellar Type: Clinical Picture and Treatment of an Often-Overlooked Disorder.

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare, progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disorder. There are two main types: the parkinsonian type (MSA-P) and cerebellar type (MSA-C). The disease usually presents with genitourinary dysfunction, orthostatic hypotension, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder.