Identifying prognostic factors for survival in advanced cancer patients: A prospective study

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 453-459

  Lam, P T ^a   Leung, M W ^a   Tse, C Y ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; Neoplasms; Prognosis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN METASTASIS; TACHYCARDIA; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 38849119870     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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