Determining the accuracy of health care professionals in predicting the survival of patients with advanced metastatic cancer

Journal of Pain Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-79

  Chow, Edward ^a   Hruby, George ^a   Harris, Kristin ^a   Enright, Katherine ^a   Sinclair, Emily ^a   Chan, Grace ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Survival prediction

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NURSE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOLOGIST; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77953774677     PISSN: 19395914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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