Progressive disease in patients with cancer presenting to an emergency room with acute symptoms predicts short-term mortality

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[1] Christakis NA(2000)Extent and determinants of error in doctors’ prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort study BMJ 320 469-472

[2] Lamont EB(2002)Overcoming obstacles to hospice care: an ethical examination of inertia and inaction J Clin Oncol 20 2752-2755

[3] Daugherty CK(2004)Trends in the aggressiveness of cancer care near the end of life J Clin Oncol 22 315-321

[4] Steensma DP(1996)Dyspnea in cancer patients. Etiology, resource utilization, and survival implications in a managed care world Cancer 78 1314-1319

[5] Earle CC(2000)Identifying risk factors for imminent death in cancer patients with acute dyspnea J Pain Symptom Manage 20 318-325

[6] Neville BA(2004)Is breast cancer survival improving? Cancer 100 44-52

[7] Landrum MB(2001)Accuracy of on-line databases in determining vital status J Clin Epidemiol 54 1267-1270

[8] Ayanian JZ(2002)Time spent in hospital in the last six months of life in patients who died of cancer in Ontario J Clin Oncol 20 1584-1592

[9] Block SD(2005)Are we referring patients to hospice too late? Patients’ and families’ opinions J Palliat Med 8 521-527

[10] Weeks JC(1999)Some elements of prognosis in terminal cancer Oncology (Williston Park) 13 1165-1170