Publications by authors named "William Harrison Hsueh"
Background/aim: Neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for esophageal cancer is often overwhelming due to its toxic effects. This study aimed to establish a prognostic indicator based on pretreatment albumin and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR) ratio score (ANS) in comparison to the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) in patients with esophageal cancer.
Patients And Methods: A total of 123 patients who received neoadjuvant CCRT for esophageal cancer were prospectively and consecutively recruited between August 2016 and December 2017 from three medical institutes in Taiwan.
Background: The palliative prognostic index (PPI) predicts the life expectancy of patients with terminally ill cancer in hospice settings. This study aimed to evaluate PPI as a prognostic tool for predicting the life expectancy of patients with hematological malignancies admitted to the acute ward.
Methods: A total of 308 patients with hematological malignancies admitted to the hematological ward at a medical center between January 2016 and December 2017 were consecutively enrolled.
Background/aim: We compared the adequacy of five nutrition assessment tools with respect to their predictive value in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer (GC) receiving radical surgery.
Patients And Methods: Five nutrition assessment tools-Glasgow prognostic score (GPS), malnutritional universal screening tool (MUST), nutritional risk screening, patient generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA), and prognostic nutritional index (PNI)-were assessed preoperatively for stage III GC patients. The correlation between postoperative events and nutritional status was further analyzed.