Is a Combination of Six Clinical Tests Useful as a Measure to Predict Short-Term Prognosis in Terminal Cancer Patients? A Prospective Observational Study in a Japanese Palliative Care Unit

Is a Combination of Six Clinical Tests Useful as a Measure to Predict Short-Term Prognosis in Terminal Cancer Patients? A Prospective Observational Study in a Japanese Palliative Care Unit

Background: To address the need for short-term prognostic methods using objective measures, we developed a method to predict a 2- or 3-week prognosis using only six clinical tests (known as the WPCBAL score). However, the method has not yet been directly compared with globally accepted prognostic me...

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Main Authors: Kazuyuki Niki, Yoshiaki Okamoto, Maki Yasui, Takahito Omae, Makie Kohno, Yoshinobu Matsuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2024-10-01
Series:Palliative Medicine Reports
Subjects:
laboratory test value
objective prognostic prediction
palliative care unit
patient with terminal cancer
Online Access:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/pmr.2024.0026
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