Abstract
Purpose. An existing and validated palliative prognostic (PaP) score predicts survival in terminally ill cancer patients based on dyspnea, anorexia, Karnofsky performance status score, clinical prediction of survival, total WBC, and lymphocyte percentage. The PaP score assigns patients to three different risk groups according to a 30-day survival probability- group A, >70%; group B, 30%-70%; group C,
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1793-1799 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | The oncologist |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Advanced cancer
- Delirium
- Palliative care
- Prognostic score
- Survival
- Validation by calibration
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research
- Oncology
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Scarpi, E., Maltoni, M., Miceli, R., Mariani, L., Caraceni, A., Amadori, D., & Nanni, O. (2011). Survival prediction for terminally ill cancer patients: Revision of the palliative prognostic score with incorporation of delirium. The oncologist, 16(12), 1793-1799. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0130