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dc.contributor.authorNieder, Carsten
dc.contributor.authorHaukland, Ellinor Christin
dc.contributor.authorMannsåker, Bård
dc.contributor.authorDalhaug, Astrid
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-27T06:55:19Z
dc.date.available2023-06-27T06:55:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-10
dc.description.abstractBackground Recently, the palliative appropriateness criteria (PAC) score, a novel metric to aid clinical decision-making between different palliative radiotherapy fractionation regimens, has been developed. It includes baseline parameters including but not limited to performance status. The researchers behind the PAC score analyzed the percent of remaining life (PRL) on treatment. The latter was accomplished by calculating the time between start and finish of palliative radiotherapy (minimum 1 day in case of a single-fraction regimen) and dividing it by overall survival in days from start of radiotherapy. The purpose of the present study was to validate this novel metric.<p> <p>Patients and methods The retrospective validation study included 219 patients (287 courses of palliative radiotherapy). The methods were identical to those employed in the score development study. The score was calculated by assigning 1 point each to several factors identified in the original study and using the online calculator provided by the PAC developers. <p>Results Median survival was 6 months and death within 30 days from start of radiotherapy was recorded in 13% of courses. PRL on treatment ranged from 1 to 23%, median 8%. Significant associations were confirmed between online-calculated PAC score, observed survival, and risk of death within 30 days from the start of radiotherapy. Patients with score 0 had distinctly better survival than all other groups. The score-predicted median risk of death within 30 days from start of radiotherapy was 22% in our cohort. A statistically significant correlation was found between predicted and observed risk (p< 0.001). The original and present study were not perfectly concordant regarding number and type of baseline parameters that should be included when calculating the PAC score. <p>Conclusion This study supports the dual strategy of PRL and risk of early death calculation, with results stratified for fractionation regimen, in line with the original PAC score study. When considering multifraction regimens, the PAC score identifies patients who may benefit from shorter courses. Additional work is needed to answer open questions surrounding the underlying components of the score, because the original and validation study were only partially aligned.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNieder, Haukland, Mannsåker, Dalhaug. Palliative appropriateness criteria: external validation of a new method to evaluate the suitability of palliative radiotherapy fractionation. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie (Print). 2023;199(3):278-283en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2138022
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00066-022-02040-y
dc.identifier.issn0179-7158
dc.identifier.issn1439-099X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/29499
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.relation.journalStrahlentherapie und Onkologie (Print)
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titlePalliative appropriateness criteria: external validation of a new method to evaluate the suitability of palliative radiotherapy fractionationen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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