Validation of a Predictive Model for Survival in Metastatic Cancer Patients Attending an Outpatient Palliative Radiotherapy Clinic

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 280-287

  Chow, Edward ^a   Abdolell, Mohamed ^a   Panzarella, Tony ^b   Harris, Kristin ^a   Bezjak, Andrea ^b   Warde, Padraig ^b   Tannock, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Palliative radiotherapy; Predictive model; Survival; Validation

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ASSESSMENT SCALES; MEDIAN SURVIVALS; METASTATIC CANCERS; NRF MODELS; OUT-PATIENTS; PALLIATIVE RADIOTHERAPIES; PALLIATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PERFORMANCE SCORES; PREDICTIVE MODEL; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUES; PROBABILITY OF SURVIVALS; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL PREDICTIONS; SURVIVAL PROBABILITIES; TRAINING SETS; VALIDATION; VALIDATION SETS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 57649085848     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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