Perioperative Risk Calculator Predicts Long-Term Oncologic Outcome for Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma

ConclusionsThe risk calculator was useful for predicting recurrence and death after esophagectomy. Furthermore, because the C-index of the risk model for operative mortality was higher than for clinical tumor-node-metastasis stage, this risk-scoring system may be more useful clinically.
Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research