A palliative prognostic score for terminally ill children and adolescents with cancer

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1167-1171

  Kurashima, Andréa Yamaguchi ^a   Latorre, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira ^a   Camargo, Beatriz de ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Pediatric oncology; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958543122     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22644     Document Type: Article

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