Wounds and survival in cancer patients

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3237-3244

  Maida, Vincent ^a,b   Ennis, Marguerite ^c   Kuziemsky, Craig ^d   Corban, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Applied Statistician   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Malignant wounds; Pressure ulcers; Prognosis; Prognostic factors; Prognostic instruments; Prognostic models; Prognostic tools; Survival; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOUND;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRESSURE ULCER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450177552     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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