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SUBMITTER: Mojica-Marquez AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7433812 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mojica-Márquez Adrianna E AE Rodríguez-López Joshua L JL Patel Ankur K AK Ling Diane C DC Rajagopalan Malolan S MS Beriwal Sushil S
Cancer medicine 20200626 16
<h4>Background</h4>The TEACHH and Chow models were developed to predict life expectancy (LE) in patients evaluated for palliative radiotherapy (PRT). We sought to validate the TEACHH and Chow models in patients who died within 90 days of PRT consultation.<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective review was conducted on patients evaluated for PRT from 2017 to 2019 who died within 90 days of consultation. Data were collected for the TEACHH and Chow models; one point was assigned for each adverse factor. TEA ...[more]