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Although serum MMP-2 levels were not of prognostic value, high synovial tissue levels of MMP-2 activity were significantly correlated with the presence of early erosions.
Although it is possible that β-tubulin class II levels might be correlated with a prognostic bio-marker not yet examined [ 61 ] , these results suggest that a normal patient-to-patient variation might exist.
Previous authors have noted that quantitative models are rarely used in clinical practice [ 13 ] - in part, because clinicians may not know how to use them in a meaningful and effective way [ 14 ] , and such models apply to populations and fail to account for the uniqueness of the individual [ 15 ] . While the accuracy of the resident-reported elements remains unknown, perhaps prognostic models that account for prior experience and trajectory of the illness may be more clinical useful and intuitively understandable to patients, families and providers.
This may be an important finding, as this iterative-type approach is unlike common prognosticating instruments such as the APACHE or SUPPORT score, which attempt to determine prognosis based on a single evaluation [ 11 12 ] . Traditional prognostic tools might also fail to capture other elements cited by residents when assessing a patient's likelihood of dying: prior survival under similar conditions, reversibility of the disease, and sudden onset of an acute illness.
On multivariate analysis the tumour size and nodal metastasis were found to be significant independent prognostic factors.
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