The Association Between Autonomic Dysfunction and Survival in Male Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Preliminary Report

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-290

  Fadul, Nada ^a   Strasser, Florian ^b   Palmer, J Lynn ^a   Yusuf, Syed Wamique ^a   Guo, Ying ^a   Li, Zhijun ^a   Allo, Julio ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Palliative Care Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; Autonomic dysfunction; male; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EWING SARCOMA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749085778     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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