Surprise questions for survival prediction in patients with advanced cancer: A multicenter prospective cohort study

Oncologist

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 839-844

  Hamano, Jun ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Inoue, Satoshi ^b   Ikenaga, Masayuki ^c   Matsumoto, Yoshihisa ^d   Sekine, Ryuichi ^e   Yamaguchi, Takashi ^f   Hirohashi, Takeshi ^g   Tajima, Tsukasa ^h   Tatara, Ryohei ⁱ   Watanabe, Hiroaki ^j   Otani, Hiroyuki ^k   Takigawa, Chizuko ^l   Matsuda, Yoshinobu ^m   Nagaoka, Hiroka ⁿ   Mori, Masanori ^o   Yamamoto, Naoki ^p   Shimizu, Mie ^q   Sasara, Takeshi ^r   Kinoshita, Hiroya ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^e KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j KOMAKI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^l KKR Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

^m NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KINKI CHUO CHEST MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^o SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^p Shinsei Hospital   (Japan)

^q SAISEIKAI MATSUSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^r Yuuaikai Nanbu Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

30 day survival; 7 day survival; Advanced cancer; Prognostic value; Surprise questions

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; SURPRISE QUESTION; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84936858574     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0015     Document Type: Article

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