A prognostic model in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer receiving first-line chemotherapy.

Roberto FilippiFrancesco MontagnaniPasquale LombardiLorenzo FornaroGiuseppe AprileAndrea Casadei-GardiniLuca FaloppiAndrea PalloniMaria Antonietta SatolliMario ScartozziFabrizio CitarellaStefania Eufemia LutrinoCaterina VivaldiNicola SilvestrisGiulia RovestiMargherita RiminiMassimo AgliettaGiovanni BrandiFrancesco Leone

Published in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2021)

A prognostic score, derived from a limited set of easily-retrievable variables, efficiently stratified a large population of unselected aBTC patients undergoing CT1. This tool could be useful to clinicians, to ascertain the potential benefit from CT1 at the start of treatment.

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patients undergoing
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dual energy
computed tomography
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positron emission tomography
palliative care
squamous cell
magnetic resonance imaging
inferior vena cava
magnetic resonance
risk assessment
childhood cancer
smoking cessation
climate change
replacement therapy