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  • Oncology
  • Palliative Care
  • Clinical Prognostics

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  • Traditional prognostic scores often lack patient-reported symptoms.
  • The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) captures 11 key symptoms and wellbeing.
  • ESAS has been routinely used for treatment planning since 2012.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the prognostic impact of baseline ESAS symptom severity.
  • To identify significant prognostic factors for survival in patients receiving palliative radiotherapy.
  • To evaluate the importance of patient-reported symptoms compared to traditional factors.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of 102 patients undergoing palliative radiotherapy (2012-2015).
  • Dichotomization of ESAS items based on median values.
  • Uni- and multivariate analyses to determine prognostic factors for survival.

Main Results:

  • Median survival was 6 months across common cancers (prostate, breast, lung).
  • Six significant prognostic factors identified: ESAS pain, ESAS appetite, ECOG status, pleural effusion, antibiotic use, and lack of systemic treatment.
  • Higher pain and lower appetite were linked to shorter survival.

Conclusions:

  • Baseline symptom severity, particularly pain and appetite, significantly predicts survival.
  • Future prognostic scores should integrate patient-reported symptoms and novel parameters.
  • Patient-reported symptoms may be more critical than traditional factors like age and tumor type.