The accuracy of probabilistic versus temporal clinician prediction of survival for patients with advanced cancer: A preliminary report

Oncologist

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1642-1648

  Hui, David ^a   Kilgore, Kelly ^a   Nguyen, Linh ^a   Hall, Stacy ^a   Fajardo, Julieta ^a   Cox Miller, Tonye P ^a   Palla, Shana L ^a   Rhondali, Wadih ^a   Kang, Jung Hun ^a,b   Kim, Sun Hyun ^a,c   del Fabbro, Egidio ^a   Zhukovsky, Donna S ^a   Reddy, Suresh ^a   Elsayem, Ahmed ^a   Dalal, Shalini ^a   Dev, Rony ^a   Walker, Paul ^a   Yennu, Sriram ^a   Reddy, Akhila ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Palliative care; Probability; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROBAILISTIC CLINICIAN PREDICTION SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SARCOMA; SKIN CANCER; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPORAL CLINICIAN PREDICTION SURVIVAL; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355187869     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0173     Document Type: Article

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