Prospective trial to evaluate the prognostic value of different nutritional assessment scores for survival in pancreatic cancer surgery

Objective Malnutrition is associated with poor survival in pancreatic cancer patients. Nutritional scores show great heterogeneity diagnosing malnutrition. The aim of this study was to find the score best suitable to identify patients with malnutrition related to worse survival after surgery for PDAC. Methods Risk of malnutrition was evaluated preoperatively using twelve nutritional assessment scores. Patients were followed-up prospectively for...