Competing risk nomograms for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the intensity-modulated radiotherapy era: A big-data, intelligence platform-based analysis.
CONCLUSION: OCSM represents a significant competing event for NPC-SM in elderly patients and patients with comorbidities. We present the first prognostic nomograms to quantify competing risks, which may help to tailor individualized treatment.
PMID: 30270098 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Huang XD, Zhou GQ, Lv JW, Zhou HQ, Zhong CW, Wu CF, Zheng ZQ, He XJ, Peng L, Ma J, Sun Y Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research