Risk estimation for biliary tract cancer: Development and validation of a prognostic score.

Nora SchweitzerMareike FischerMartha M KirsteinSarah BerhaneMartina KottasMarianne SinnMaria A Gonzalez-CarmonaZeynep BaltaTobias J WeismüllerChristian P StrassburgTanja Reineke-PlaaßHüseyin BektasMichael P MannsPhilip JohnsonArndt WeinmannArndt Vogel

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2017)

Here, we identified prognostic factors and propose a prognostic score to estimate survival, which can be applied to all patients independent of tumour site and before initial treatment. Further validation in prospective trials is required.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
papillary thyroid
squamous cell carcinoma
young adults
combination therapy