The peak distress thermometer as a potent prognostic indicator for five-year survival in patients with hypopharyngeal cancer.
Patient distress measured at cancer diagnosis independently predicts five-year survival in a high-mortality throat cancer, enabling early supportive intervention.
Peak distress thermometer score at diagnosis is an independent prognostic factor for 5-year survival in hypopharyngeal cancer, providing a simple patient-reported outcome tool with prognostic utility in a high-mortality cancer. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.
What the study was
- Study design
- prognostic_study
- Category
- sentinel
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Why it surfaced
Patient-reported outcome validated as prognostic indicator in high-mortality cancer; relevant to precision oncology survivorship and risk stratification.
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