Modeling post-operative survival in patients with gallbladder cancer resections:The road to improved patient care?
作者机构:Department of Internal MedicineRiverside Medical CenterKankakeeIL 60901United States Department of Internal MedicineLutheran General HospitalPark RidgeIL 60068United States
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery》 (世界胃肠外科杂志(英文))
年 卷 期:2025年第17卷第2期
页 面:312-315页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Gallbladder cancer Nomograms Prognostic indicators Mathematical modeling Survival
摘 要:In this letter,we discuss the article by Li et al published in the World Journal of Gastrointestinal *** cancer is a rare but fatal cancer that is often detected unexpectedly and at an advanced stage following routine *** the prognosis is poor,curative resections often combined with postoperative chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy can improve ***,targeted patient selection for the appropriate therapeutic approach is critical to minimize unnecessary *** advanced statistical techniques,the authors developed a nomogram with the potential to predict survival after gallbladder cancer resection,identifying factors associated with long-and shortterm *** tool could improve patient selection for surgery and postoperative *** this letter,we provide background on survival nomograms including an in-depth discussion of statistical methods employed in this study,the use of nomograms in other forms of cancer,limitations to the model,and directions for future research.