Risk prediction in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Direct comparison of the MEGNA score and the 8th edition of the UICC/AJCC Cancer staging system.
Felix HahnLukas MüllerAline Mähringer-KunzSebastian SchottenChristoph DüberJan B HinrichsSabine K MaschkePeter R GalleFabian BartschHauke LangArndt WeinmannRoman KloecknerPublished in: PloS one (2020)
The ability of the MEGNA score to predict individual patient outcome was only moderate in this external validation. Its prognostic value did not reach that of the more widely known and used UICC/AJCC system. However, neither scoring system performed well enough to support clear-cut clinical decisions.