Risk Stratification in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer: Validation of the A.L.A.N. Score.

Lukas MüllerAline Mähringer-KunzFlorian JungmannYasemin TanyildiziFabian BartschCarolin CzaudernaChristoph DüberPeter R GalleArndt WeinmannRoman KloecknerFelix Hahn

Published in: Journal of oncology (2020)

The A.L.A.N. score can be used to identify risk groups with a poor prognosis prior to the start of chemotherapy. However, the ability of the score to predict individual patient outcome was only moderate; thus, it may only serve as a minor component in the complex interdisciplinary discussion.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
long non coding rna

case report
high intensity

squamous cell
locally advanced

young adults
radiation therapy