Prospective comparison of prognostic scores in palliative care cancer populations

Oncologist

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 446-454

  Maltoni, Marco ^a   Scarpi, Emanuela ^a   Pittureri, Cristina ^b   Martini, Francesca ^b   Montanari, Luigi ^b   Amaducci, Elena ^b   Derni, Stefania ^b   Fabbri, Laura ^b   Rosati, Marta ^b   Amadori, Dino ^a   Nanni, Oriana ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Palliative Care Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; End of life; Hospice; Palliative care; Prognosis; Prognostic score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE PROGNOSTIC SCORE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84859375391     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0397     Document Type: Article

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