Indicators of surgery and survival in oncology inpatients requiring surgical evaluation for palliation

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 727-734

  Badgwell, Brian D ^a   Smith, Kerrington ^b   Liu, Ping ^b   Bruera, Eduardo ^b   Curley, Steven A ^b   Cormier, Janice N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Palliative care; Surgery; Surgical oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349152911     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0554-6     Document Type: Article

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