Development and cross-validation of the in-hospital mortality prediction in advanced cancer patients score: A preliminary study

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 902-909

  Hui, David ^a   Kilgore, Kelly ^a   Fellman, Bryan ^a   Urbauer, Diana ^a   Hall, Stacy ^a   Fajardo, Julieta ^a   Rhondali, Wadih ^a   Kang, Jung Hun ^a,b   Del Fabbro, Egidio ^a   Zhukovsky, Donna ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

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

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NOMOGRAMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864622027     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0437     Document Type: Article

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