Open AccessExternal validation of the modified Glasgow prognostic score for renal cancer
Author(s) -
Caroline Tai,
Timothy V. Johnson,
Ammara Abbasi,
Lindsey Herrell,
Wayne Harris,
Ömer Küçük,
Daniel Canter,
Kenneth Ogan,
John Pattaras,
Peter T. Nieh,
Viraj A. Master
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.124203
Subject(s) - medicine , renal cell carcinoma , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , confidence interval , nephrectomy , metastasis , oncology , multivariate analysis , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , cohort , c reactive protein , kidney , inflammation , paleontology , biology
The modified Glasgow prognostic Score (mGPS) incorporates C-reactive protein and albumin as a clinically useful marker of tumor behavior. The ability of the mGPS to predict metastasis in localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) remains unknown in an external validation cohort.