Patient-reported outcomes enhance the survival prediction of traditional disease risk classifications: An international study in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
Fabio EfficaceFrancesco CottoneGregory AbelPasquale NiscolaGianluca GaidanoFranck BonnetainAmelie AnotaGiovanni CaocciAngel CroninLuana FianchiMassimo BrecciaReinhard StauderUwe PlatzbeckerGiuseppe A PalumboMario LuppiRosangela InvernizziMicaela BergamaschiLorenza BorinAnna Angela Di TucciHuiyong ZhangMirjam SprangersMarco VignettiFranco MandelliPublished in: Cancer (2017)
The FA-IPSS(h) is a novel patient-centered prognostic index that includes patients' self-reported fatigue severity. The authors believe its use might enhance physicians' ability to predict survival more accurately in patients with advanced MDS. Cancer 2018;124:1251-9. © 2017 American Cancer Society.