Determining time to death in cancer patients on palliative care is often wanted/needed by the family, but hard to predict by the health care team. In this large multi-center prospective analysis of >1000 advanced cancer patients no longer undergoing treatment, researchers determined 11 variables (some clinical, some lab tests) had an area under the curve around .86 for predicting if the patient would live for days (<2 weeks), weeks (~2 weeks to 2 month), or months (~2 months). It also performed well without the lab values. This relatively easy prognostic score can help determine timeline at the end of life of advanced cancer patients (abstract)
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