Evaluation of the modified Pittsburgh classification for predicting the disease-free survival outcome of squamous cell carcinoma of the external auditory canal.
Cindy H NabuursWietske KievitNilou LabbéC René LeemansConrad F G M SmitMichiel W M van den BrekelRobert J PauwBernard F A M van der LaanJeroen C JansenMartin LackoWeibel W BrauniusShinya MoritaMałgorzata WierzbickaTakuma MatobaNobuhiro HanaiRobert P TakesHenricus P M KunstPublished in: Head & neck (2020)
The predictive performance of the modified Pittsburgh classification system as such appears to be acceptable to predict the DFS of EAC SCC. Other factors need to be added to a future model to improve the predicted performance.