title: [Predicting the Prognosis of Terminal Cancer Patients with Chemotherapy].
abstract: To determine the chemotherapy indication of terminal cancer patients, predicting the prognosis is meaningful. We intended to establish a suitable prognosis prediction index for these patients. From June 2015 to January 2016, we examined the prognosis in 7 patients who were administered chemotherapy drugs within 4 weeks before or after the prognosis calculation. Palliative prognostic index(PPI)was calculated prospectively, and prognosis in palliative care study(PiPS)was calculated prospectively or retrospectively. If patients had laboratory data within 4 days before prognosis calculation, they were assessed with PiPS-B. If patients did not have recent data, they were assessed with PiPS-A. The absolute agreement of prognosis index with actual survival was 100% in PPI, and 40.0% in PiPS. All patients who were administered chemotherapy after the PPI calculation were considered to have survived for more than 42 days. We concluded that PPI was a suitable prognosis prediction index for terminal cancer patients with chemotherapy. PPI was useful for determining the chemotherapy indication in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Palliative Medicine, Kansai Electric Power Hospital.
authors.forename: Yasuro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kajiyama
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kakimi
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishimura
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019452:Terminally Ill
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents