ALI and Gastrointestinal Cancer Systematic Review

We searched studies in four databases including PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and CNKI on Dec 10, 2022. ALI was searched as “Advanced lung cancer inflammation index” OR “ALI” OR “BMI x ALB / NLR” OR “BMI x serum albumin / NLR” OR “body mass index x serum albumin / neutrophil-to lymphocyte”. As for gastrointestinal cancer, the search strategy was “gastrointestinal cancer” OR “gastrointestinal neoplasms” OR “colon cancer” OR “rectal cancer” OR “colorectal cancer” OR “rectum cancer” OR “colorectal neoplasm” OR “colon neoplasm” OR “rectal neoplasm” OR “rectum neoplasm” OR “colorectal carcinoma” OR “colon carcinoma” OR “rectum carcinoma” OR “rectal carcinoma” OR “CRC” OR “gastric cancer” OR “gastric carcinoma” OR “gastric neoplasms” OR “stomach cancer” OR “stomach carcinoma” OR “stomach neoplasms” OR “liver cancer” OR “hepatocellular carcinoma cancer” OR “esophageal cancer” OR “esophageal neoplasm” OR “esophagus cancer” OR “esophagus neoplasm” OR “esophageal squamous cell carcinoma” OR “cholangiocarcinoma” OR “extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma” OR “gallbladder cancer” OR “gallbladder neoplasms” OR “bile duct cancer” OR “bile duct neoplasms” OR “pancreatic cancer” OR “pancreatic carcinoma”. The search scope was limited to titles and abstracts. Language and study design had no limitations.