Abstract
Aim: Cancers of unknown primary (CUP) account for about 10% in elderly patients with MESCC. Immediate treatment is indicated. Personalizing treatment for MESCC requires for clear understanding of the patients' survival prognosis. In this case, a tool for estimating survival would be valuable. Patients and Methods: In 104 elderly CUP patients, nine factors were investigated: age, gender, performance score, number of affected vertebrae, ability to walk at presentation for radiotherapy, additional bone metastases, visceral metastases, time developing motor weakness, radiotherapy program. Results: In multivariate analysis, the ability to walk (p=0.011) and visceral metastases (p
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 6219-6222 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Anticancer Research |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 11 |
State | Published - Nov 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Cancer of unknown primary
- Elderly
- MESCC
- Radiation therapy
- Survival tool
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research
- Oncology