Interconversion of three measures of performance status: An empirical analysis

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3175-3183

  Ma, Clement ^a   Bandukwala, Shazeen ^a   Burman, Debika ^a   Bryson, John ^a,b   Seccareccia, Dori ^a,b   Banerjee, Subrata ^a,b   Myers, Jeff ^b,d   Rodin, Gary ^a,c   Dudgeon, Deborah ^e   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conversion; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; Karnofsky Performance Status; Palliative Performance Scale; Performance status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHORDOMA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOMA; SELF CARE; SKIN TUMOR; THYMUS; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649635336     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.06.126     Document Type: Article

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