Survival of Women With Cancer in Palliative Care: Use of the Palliative Prognostic Score in a Population of Brazilian Women

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-75

  Naylor, Cláudia ^a   Cerqueira, Lúcia ^a   Costa Paiva, Lúcia Helena S ^b   Costa, José V ^b   Conde, Délio M ^c   Pinto Neto, Aarão M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Materno Infantil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

neoplasia; Palliative care; prognosis; survival time; terminal patient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE PROGNOSTIC SCORE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 73049084564     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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