Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 69-75 , January 2010

Survival of Women With Cancer in Palliative Care: Use of the Palliative Prognostic Score in a Population of Brazilian Women

  • Cláudia Naylor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Palliative Care Unit, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Lúcia Cerqueira, MD

      Affiliations

    • Palliative Care Unit, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Lúcia Helena S. Costa-Paiva, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • José V. Costa, Biostat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Délio M. Conde, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Breast Service, Hospital Materno Infantil, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Délio M. Conde, MD, PhD, Rua R-16, No. 96, Apto. 605, Setor Oeste, 74140-100, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
    • ,
  • Aarão M. Pinto-Neto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

,Accepted 17 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.020

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
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