Lu et al reported a prognostic score for a patient with gastric cancer following gastrectomy. This can help to identify a patient who may require more aggressive or novel therapy. The authors are from Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
Patient selection: gastric cancer following gastrectomy, without distant metastases
Parameters:
(1) year
(2) sex
(3) TNM stage
(4) marital status
(5) prognostic scoreof Smith et al for DCIS, based on age, grade and tumor size, from 0 to 6
Parameter
Finding
Points
year
1988-1992
9
1993-1997
6.1
1998-2002
5.7
2003-2007
3.2
2008-2012
0
sex
female
0
male
6.2
TNM stage
IA
0
IB
22
IIA
37.5
IIB
55.8
IIIA
67.3
IIIB
83.6
IIIC
100
marital status
married
0
unmarried
6.5
score
0 or 1
0
2
13.4
3
17.1
4
22.1
5
27
6
32.9
Since any current patient is after 2012, this term will be dispensed with.
