Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Number of risk factors for short survival
Is the patient likely to have a short survival?
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Purpose: To identify a patient with terminal cancer who has a short survival based on the prognostic factors of Suh and Ahn.
Specialty: Hematology Oncology, Surgery, general
Objective: severity, prognosis, stage, end-of-life, palliative care
ICD-10: C79, Z51.5,