Biological indices predictive of survival in 519 Italian terminally ill cancer patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Maltoni, Marco ^a,d   Pirovano, Marco ^b   Nanni, Oriana ^c   Marinari, Mauro ^a,d   Indelli, Monica ^e   Gramazio, Attilio ^f   Terzoli, Edmondo ^g   Luzzani, Massimo ^h   De Marinis, Filippo ⁱ   Caraceni, Augusto ^j   Labianca, Roberto ^b  

^a Ospedale Pierantoni   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ONCOLOGICO ROMAGNOLO   (Italy)

^d A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Divisione di Oncologia Clinica   (Italy)

^g REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Laboratory parameters; prognostic factors; survival; terminal cancer patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0031040804     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(96)00265-5     Document Type: Article

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