Surprise Questions for Survival Prediction in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

Jun Hamano1, Tatsuya Morita1, Satoshi Inoue1

  • 1Division of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Palliative and Supportive Care Division, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan; Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu City, Japan; Hospice Children's Hospice Hospital, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan; Department of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan; Department of Pain and Palliative Care, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan; Department of Palliative Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan; Department of Palliative Care, Mitui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Palliative Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan; Department of Palliative Medicine, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan; Komaki City Hospital, Komaki, Japan; Department of Palliative Care Team, and Palliative and Supportive Care, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan; Department of Palliative Care, KKR Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Osaka, Japan; Center for Palliative and Supportive Care, Tsukuba University Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan; Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan; Department of Primary Care Service, Shinsei Hospital, Nagano, Japan; Saiseikai Matsusaka General Hospital, Matsusaka, Japan; Yuuaikai Nanbu Hospital, Itoman, Japan; Department of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan.

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|June 10, 2015
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