Abstract:Purpose Various prognostic indexes have been proposed to improve physicians’ ability to predict survival time in advanced cancer patients admitted to palliative care (PC), but no optimal score has still been identified. The study therefore aims to develop and externally validate a new multivariable predictive model in this setting.Methods We developed the model on 1020 cancer patients prospectively enrolled to home care palliative care at VIDAS Milan, Italy, between May 2018 and February 2020 and followed-up … Show more
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