Symptom improvement as prognostic factor for survival in cancer patients undergoing palliative care: A pilot study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1221-1226

  Narducci, Filomena ^a   Grande, Roberta ^a   Mentuccia, Lucia ^a   Trapasso, Tiziana ^a   Sperduti, Isabella ^b   Magnolfi, Emanuela ^a   Fariello, Anna Maria ^a   Gemma, Donatello ^a   Gamucci, Teresa ^a  

^a Ospedale SS Trinita'   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Palliative care; Prognostic score; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PALLIATIVE PROGNOSTIC SCORE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL RATE; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHENIA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863988199     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1207-8     Document Type: Article

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