Magnitude of score change for the palliative prognostic index for survival prediction in patients with poor prognostic terminal cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2725-2731

  Hung, Chia Yen ^a   Wang, Hung Ming ^a   Kao, Chen Yi ^a   Lin, Yung Chang ^a   Chen, Jen Shi ^a   Hung, Yu Shin ^a   Chou, Wen Chi ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; Palliativeprognostic index; Prognostication; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE PROGNOSTIC INDEX; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; THORAX CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84930520525     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2274-4     Document Type: Article

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