Predicting life expectancy and symptom relief following surgery for advanced malignancy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3335-3341

  Smith, David D ^a   McCahill, Laurence E ^b  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEPATOBILIARY CANCER; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOMA; SURGEON; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 58149311246     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0162-1     Document Type: Article

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