The accuracy of clinicians’ predictions of survival in advanced cancer: A review

Annals of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-29

  Cheon, Stephanie ^a   Agarwal, Arnav ^a   Popovic, Marko ^a   Milakovic, Milica ^a   Lam, Michael ^a   Fu, Wayne ^a   DiGiovanni, Julia ^a   Lam, Henry ^a   Lechner, Breanne ^a   Pulenzas, Natalie ^a   Chow, Ronald ^a   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Clinical prediction; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; STANDARDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85001055592     PISSN: 22245820     EISSN: 22245839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2224-5820.2015.08.04     Document Type: Review

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