Clinical prediction of survival by surgeons for patients with incurable abdominal malignancy

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 571-575

  Holmebakk T ^a   Solbakken, A ^a   Mala, T ^a   Nesbakken, A ^a,b  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Life expectancy; Palliation; Performance status; Prognostication; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURGEON;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79959537296     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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