Evaluation of optimum classification measures used to define textbook outcome among patients undergoing curative-intent resection of gastric cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Textbook outcome (TO) is a composite measure reflecting various aspects of services provided to patients with solid malignancies. We sought to evaluate the importance of various TO components previously proposed for gastric cancer.

Methods

Prospectively maintained electronic databases of 1,743 patients treated in two academic surgical centres were reviewed. Six candidate definitions of TO were evaluated based on their ability to accurately predict patients' prognosis by Cox proportional hazards modelling.

Results

TO definition combining 10 measures corresponding to complete tumour resection with an uneventful postoperative course showed the best goodness of fit by achieving the lowest values of Akaike (AIC) and Bayesian (BIC) information criteria and the be

SUBMITTER: Bobrzynski L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701946 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature