We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Prognostic role of ECOG performance status in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: an international study.
- Authors
Martinez-Salamanca, Juan Ignacio; Shariat, Shahrokh F.; Rodriguez, Joaquin Carballido; Chromecki, Thomas F.; Ficarra, Vincenzo; Fritsche, Hans-Martin; Kassouf, Wassim; Matsumoto, Kazumasa; Cabello, Lucia Osorio; Seitz, Christian; Tritschler, Stefan; Walton, Thomas J.; Zattoni, Filiberto; Novara, Giacomo
- Abstract
Study Type - Prognosis (inception cohort series) Level of Evidence 2a What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? ECOG Performance Status has gained wide popularity as an integral part of the assessment of patients with upper urinary tract carcinoma. Our findings indicate that ECOG-PS is strongly associated with perioperative and overall survival and should be considered carefully in our decision-making process. OBJECTIVE
- Subjects
TRANSITIONAL cell carcinoma; URINARY tract infections; PROGNOSIS; DECISION making; CANCER treatment
- Publication
BJU International, 2012, Vol 109, Issue 8, p1155
- ISSN
1464-4096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10479.x