Prognostication in palliative radiotherapy-ProPaRT: Accuracy of prognostic scores.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prognostication can be used within a tailored decision-making process to achieve a more personalized approach to the care of patients with cancer. This prospective observational study evaluated the accuracy of the Palliative Prognostic score (PaP score) to predict survival in patients identified by oncologists as candidates for palliative radiotherapy (PRT). We also studied interrater variability for the clinical prediction of survival and PaP scores and assessed the accuracy of the Survival Prediction Score (SPS) and TEACHH score.

Materials and methods

Consecutive patients were enrolled at first access to our Radiotherapy and Palliative Care Outpatient Clinic. The discriminating ability of the prognostic models was assessed using Harrell's C index, and the corres

SUBMITTER: Maltoni M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9425085 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature