Patient management scenario: A framework for clinical decision and prognosis

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-12

  Gospodarowicz, Mary ^a   O'Sullivan, Brian ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Prognosis; Staging

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC PROTOCOLS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141455182     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ssu.10015     Document Type: Review

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