Survival prediction in terminally ill cancer patients by clinical estimates, laboratory tests, and self-rated anxiety and depression

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 3313-3320

  Gripp, Stephan ^a   Moeller, Sibylle ^a   Bölke, Edwin ^a   Schmitt, Gerd ^a   Matuschek, Christiane ^a   Asgari, Sonja ^a   Asgharzadeh, Farzin ^a   Roth, Stephan ^a   Budach, Wilfried ^a   Franz, Matthias ^a   Willers, Reinhardt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34548256854     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.10.5411     Document Type: Article

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