Can Physicians Accurately Predict Survival Time in Patients with Metastatic Cancer? Analysis of RTOG 97-14

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Authors

William F. Hartsell

Michelle DeSilvio · RTOG Foundation

Deborah Watkins Bruner · University of Pennsylvania

Charles W. Scarantino · Rex Hospital

Robert Ivker

Mack Roach

John H. Suh · Cleveland Clinic

William F. Demas · Summa Health System

Abstract

KPS, FACT scores, and PSD all are correlated with actual survival. Physicians on this study were able to predict which patients would have longer survival times, although prediction of survival was optimistic compared to actual survival by an average of 3 months.

Topics & Keywords

Management of metastatic bone disease Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volume 11, Issue 5, pp. 723-728

DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0259

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