Published in the latest issue of the journal intestinal a study showed that patients with esophageal cancer quality of life score (QL, including emotional function score) and their survival time.
British Bristol Royal Hospital's rehabilitation and his colleagues, Dr. JM Blazeby of 1993 to 1995 during the admission of 92 cases of esophageal cancer patients were studied. All the patients are in treatment and treatment between 1-2 weeks to complete the European Organization for Cancer Research and Treatment of the questionnaire.
Under age and TNM stage adjusted Cox proportional hazard model, the researchers found, physiological functions and high-scoring significantly longer survival time related to fatigue and increase the survival and the short duration of significant correlation. In addition, it has been known prognostic factors adjusted multivariate analysis showed that the treatment of esophageal cancer six months after the emotional function improved and extended survival period was significantly correlated.
Dr. Blazeby, the tumor is not clear whether the psychological reaction will affect the prognosis, but also emotional function as the judge permits the prognosis of alternative indicators. He pointed out that only when the QL improve the survival time may be extended after that point of view, can score with the final judgement QL survival time is the relationship between clinical significance.
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