EuroQol and survival prediction in terminal cancer patients: A multicenter prospective study in hospice-palliative care units

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-333

  Park, Sang Min ^a   Park, Myung Hee ^b   Won, Joo Hee ^c   Lee, Kyoung Ok ^d   Choe, Wha Sook ^e   Heo, Dae Seog ^f   Kim, Si Young ^g   Lee, Kyung Sik ^h   Yun, Young Ho ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Saemmul Hospice   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^g Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EuroQol; Hospice palliative care; Survival; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANK SUM TEST; RECTUM CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33646430023     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0889-1     Document Type: Article

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