We aimed to investigate the prognostic factors that can predict terminal stage survival (TSS) at the time of terminal cancer diagnosis. We prospectively evaluated 141 patients immediately after the diagnosis of terminal cancer by their attending oncologists. A total of 32 factors, including performance status, clinical prediction of survival, time to terminal cancer (TTC), clinical symptoms, signs, and laboratory tests including the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), were analyzed. TSS was defined as the time from the diagnosis of terminal cancer to death. The mean age of the 141 patients studied was 58.7 years, and 53 were female (38 %). The median TSS was 1.7 months (95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.43-1.97). In the univariate analyses, th...
Abstract Background The ability to identify patients for hospice care results in better end-of-life ...
This study reports the development of a simple Chinese Prognostic Scale (ChPS) for predicting surviv...
GOALS OF WORK: The goal of this study was to develop a new, objective prognostic score (OPS) for ter...
The proportion of elderly persons among terminal cancer patients is around 60% in Taiwan. Prediction...
The knowledge of prognostic factors capable of subdividing cancer patients into groups having homoge...
BACKGROUND: Accurate prediction of prognosis for cancer patients is important for good clinical deci...
Survival prediction is useful in selecting patients for palliative care or active anticancer therapy...
Purpose: To offer evidence-based clinical recommendations concerning prognosis in advanced cancer pa...
Purpose To offer evidence-based clinical recommendations concerning prognosis in advanced cancer pat...
Prognostic characterization in the initial assessment of patients with advanced cancer disease is an...
Purpose To offer evidence-based clinical recommendations concerning prognosis in advanced cancer pat...
Prognosis is one of the most challenging questions with which physicians are confronted. Accuracy in...
BACKGROUND: Accurate prediction of survival in terminal cancer patients is important for planning ef...
Objective: To systematically review the accuracy of physicians’ clinical predictions of survival in ...
Purpose: An existing and validated palliative prognostic (PaP) score predicts survival in terminally...
Abstract Background The ability to identify patients for hospice care results in better end-of-life ...
This study reports the development of a simple Chinese Prognostic Scale (ChPS) for predicting surviv...
GOALS OF WORK: The goal of this study was to develop a new, objective prognostic score (OPS) for ter...
The proportion of elderly persons among terminal cancer patients is around 60% in Taiwan. Prediction...
The knowledge of prognostic factors capable of subdividing cancer patients into groups having homoge...
BACKGROUND: Accurate prediction of prognosis for cancer patients is important for good clinical deci...
Survival prediction is useful in selecting patients for palliative care or active anticancer therapy...
Purpose: To offer evidence-based clinical recommendations concerning prognosis in advanced cancer pa...
Purpose To offer evidence-based clinical recommendations concerning prognosis in advanced cancer pat...
Prognostic characterization in the initial assessment of patients with advanced cancer disease is an...
Purpose To offer evidence-based clinical recommendations concerning prognosis in advanced cancer pat...
Prognosis is one of the most challenging questions with which physicians are confronted. Accuracy in...
BACKGROUND: Accurate prediction of survival in terminal cancer patients is important for planning ef...
Objective: To systematically review the accuracy of physicians’ clinical predictions of survival in ...
Purpose: An existing and validated palliative prognostic (PaP) score predicts survival in terminally...
Abstract Background The ability to identify patients for hospice care results in better end-of-life ...
This study reports the development of a simple Chinese Prognostic Scale (ChPS) for predicting surviv...
GOALS OF WORK: The goal of this study was to develop a new, objective prognostic score (OPS) for ter...