Is nutritional status a new indicator to use in clinical practice for colorectal cancer patients?

In this editorial we comment on the interesting article by Liu et al. The topic of discussion is the need for a cost-effective and easy-to-use scoring system for predicting the prognosis of colorectal cancer patients. In this context, nutritional assessment plays a crucial role in the multimodal evaluation of patients. In particular, the controlling nutritional status score was found to be an effective tool in the clinical decision-making process, in order to customize treatment strategies and to improve patient outcomes.