Symptoms and survival in patients with advanced disease

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 904-909

  Homsi, Jade ^a   Luong, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848924333     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0004     Document Type: Article

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