Palliative surgery for advanced cancer: Lessons learned in patient selection and outcome assessment

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-414

  Miner, Thomas J ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Surgical decision making; Surgical palliation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 23244454372     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000158489.82482.2b     Document Type: Review

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