This study was designed to select molecular markers associated with prognosis, and to propose a prognostic scoring scale for patients with primary WHO grade III gliomas based on these molecular predictors. A series of 83 grade III glioma patients surgically treated and pathologically confirmed in Beijing Tiantan Hospital between May 2009 and December 2010 were retrospectively reviewed in the st...

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) represent a heterogeneous group of hematologic disorders characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis and an increased risk of developing acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Accurate diagnosis of MDS can be difficult, and its classification requires evaluation of cytopenias, bone marrow morphology, blast percentage, and cytogenetics. These factors, as well as patient...

PURPOSE The purpose of the current study was to establish an objective, simple, and sensitive prognostic scoring system for estimating the severity of acute-on-chronic liver failure in hepatitis B (ACLFB). METHODS A novel prognostic scoring system was calculated from six clinical indices including total bilirubin (TB), prothrombin activity (PTA), creatinine (Cr), hepatic encephalopathy (HE), ...

AIMS Chronic heart failure is a common condition with high mortality. Accurate diagnosis in primary care is difficult. Elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is associated with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and increased mortality. Prognostic scoring systems using BNP may help to stratify risk in primary care patients. The aim of this research was to establish the independent variabl...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The decision for operative treatment of patients with spinal metastases is dependent on the patient's predicted survival. Tokuhashi, Tomita, Bauer, and Oswestry scores have been devised for survival prediction; however, none of these systems have been evaluated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). PURPOSE To investigate the accuracy of these scoring systems in predicting surv...

Background: Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative disorder of transformed primitive hematopoietic progenitor cells. Chronic myeloid leukaemia is one of the commonest leukemias. Patients of CML are usually subjected to risk stratification according to various prognostic criteria. The Sokal scoring system is popular as a prognostic discriminator for survival in patients t...

Background The aim was to identify prognostic factors and test three scoring models that predicted the risk of recurrence in patients with parotid gland carcinoma. Methods All Danish carcinoma, treated curative intent, from 1990 2015 (n = 726) were included. Potential evaluated using Cox regression competing analyses. concordance each model estimated Harrel's C index. Results study population c...