Discussions of life expectancy and changes in illness understanding in patients with advanced cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 2398-2403

  Epstein, Andrew S ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^b,c,d   O'Reilly, Eileen M ^a   Maciejewski, Paul K ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT HISTORY OF CHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINAL DISEASE; AGED; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84977503517     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2015.63.6696     Document Type: Article

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