Survival Prediction of Patients with Advanced Cancer: The Predictive Accuracy of the Model Based on Biological Markers

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 600-606

  Kikuchi, Nobutaka ^a,b   Ohmori, Kaori ^b   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^b   Shimada, Akira ^a   Nakaho, Toshimichi ^a   Yamamuro, Makoto ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; biological marker; palliative care; predictive accuracy; survival prediction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 36348937202     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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