UC Davis researchers develop tool to help assess surgical risk in terminally ill cancer patients:
Posted Jun 18 2011 10:22pm
UC Davis researchers develop tool to help assess surgical risk in terminally ill cancer patients:NCI Cancer Center News
Physicians and their patients with late-stage cancer now have a tool to help them decide if surgery is the best choice... A paper published online in Annals of Surgery describes the tool, called a “nomogram.” The tool allows physicians to plug in patient information such as clinical diagnoses, symptoms and laboratory test values to determine in real time an individual patient’s risk of surgical complications, or death.
###Among the research institutions NCI funds across the United States, it currently designates 66 as Cancer Centers. Largely based in research universities, these facilities are home to many of the NCI-supported scientists who conduct a wide range of intense, laboratory research into cancer’s origins and development. The Cancer Centers Program also focuses on trans-disciplinary research, including population science and clinical research. The centers’ research results are often at the forefront of studies in the cancer field.
Physicians and their patients with late-stage cancer now have a tool to help them decide if surgery is the best choice... A paper published online in Annals of Surgery describes the tool, called a “nomogram.” The tool allows physicians to plug in patient information such as clinical diagnoses, symptoms and laboratory test values to determine in real time an individual patient’s risk of surgical complications, or death.
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###Among the research institutions NCI funds across the United States, it currently designates 66 as Cancer Centers. Largely based in research universities, these facilities are home to many of the NCI-supported scientists who conduct a wide range of intense, laboratory research into cancer’s origins and development. The Cancer Centers Program also focuses on trans-disciplinary research, including population science and clinical research. The centers’ research results are often at the forefront of studies in the cancer field.