A prediction model for early death in non-small cell lung cancer patients following curative-intent chemoradiotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early death after a treatment can be seen as a therapeutic failure. Accurate prediction of patients at risk for early mortality is crucial to avoid unnecessary harm and reducing costs. The goal of our work is two-fold: first, to evaluate the performance of a previously published model for early death in our cohorts. Second, to develop a prognostic model for early death prediction following radiotherapy.

Material and methods

Patients with NSCLC treated with chemoradiotherapy or radiotherapy alone were included in this study. Four different cohorts from different countries were available for this work (N = 1540). The previous model used age, gender, performance status, tumor stage, income deprivation, no previous treatment given (yes/no) and body mass index to make

SUBMITTER: Jochems A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6108087 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature