Bristol Royal Infirmary & General Hospital
New findings from the United Kingdom, Italy and United States in the area of prognostics described
Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, May 14th, 2006
Study 1: Quality of life (QOL) scores were related to short-term outcome after surgery for cancer of the esophagus or gastric cardia.
According to a study from England, "Evidence suggests that baseline QOL scores are independently prognostic for survival in patients with cancer, but the role of QOL data in predicting short-term outcome after surgery is uncertain. This study assessed the association between QOL scores and short-term outcomes after surgery for esophageal and gastric cancer. Consecutive patients selected for esophagectomy or total...
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