Risk Stratification for Imminent Risk of Death at the Time of Palliative Radiotherapy Consultation.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34196716.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.15641 and PMC identifier 8251501.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
This cohort study of patients with advanced cancer who received palliative radiotherapy within 30 days of death assesses models of prognostic criteria for providing radiotherapy at the end of life and compares outcomes with similar prognostic tools.
Medical subject headings
- Hospital Mortality
- Palliative Care
- Radiotherapy
- Referral and Consultation
- Risk Assessment