Sentence examples for primary prognostic indicator from inspiring English sources

In oral cancer, metastasis to cervical lymph nodes or distant organs is the primary prognostic indicator [ 13- 15].

In the U.S., the overall rate of cancer survivorship has steadily increased, with cancer stage at time of diagnosis remaining the primary prognostic indicator of five-year survival rate [ 1].

There are many reports describing that FDG uptake in the primary lesion is a prognostic indicator of NSCLC.

Primary site was a prognostic indicator, with the humerus having the poorest survival (5-year overall survival 41%, 95% CI 27 55%), and the tibia the best (66%, 57 73%).

In the current work, we demonstrate that F/B analysis of the primary tumor is a prognostic indicator in the ER+, LNN population.

Jass et al (1987) identified the invasive margin in primary CRCs as a prognostic indicator, and similarly Okano et al (2000) showed that the growth pattern of colorectal liver metastases also predicted outcome.

An elevated NLR has been shown to be a prognostic indicator in primary colorectal malignancy.

Thus, these studies concluded that intratumoral VEGF status is an independent prognostic indicator of primary breast cancer.

This study aims to investigate the utility of FDG PET-CT performed in the third week of primary RT (iPET) as a prognostic indicator for MPHNSCC.

During breast carcinogenesis, the presence of metastatic mammary epithelial cells in sentinel lymph nodes draining the primary tumor represents the strongest prognostic indicator for disease progression and overall patient outcome [ 49- 51].

The prediction of nodal status would be the most clinically relevant and therefore a receiver operating curve (ROC) was analyzed to distinguish if node metastasis positive can be a prognostic indicator of the primary CRC by means of LHI (Figure 6).