Open AccessDecreased Prognostic Value of International Prognostic Score in Chinese Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients Treated in the Contemporary Era
Author(s) -
Qin Wang,
Yan Qin,
Su Yi Kang,
Xiaodong He,
Peng Liu,
Sheng Yang,
Sheng Zhou,
Chang Gong Zhang,
Lin Gui,
Jian Yang,
Yan Sun,
Yuan Shi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.4103/0366-6999.194661
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , survival analysis , oncology , multivariate analysis , hodgkin lymphoma , population , surgery , lymphoma , environmental health
The International Prognostic Score (IPS) was developed based on the data of Western advanced Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients treated before 1992. Only a few studies ever evaluated the application value of IPS in Chinese population or in patients treated in the contemporary era whose outcomes has improved significantly than before.