Development of prognosis in palliative care study (PiPS) predictor models to improve prognostication in advanced cancer: Prospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7821, 2011, Pages

  Gwilliam, Bridget ^a   Keeley, Vaughan ^b   Todd, Chris ^c   Gittins, Matthew ^c   Roberts, Chris ^c   Kelly, Laura ^d   Barclay, Stephen ^e   Stone, Patrick C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE RATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 80052400392     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4920     Document Type: Article

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