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Prognostic factors in inpatients with advanced cancer at a palliative care unit

ABSTRACT Objectives: This study aims to identify prognostic factors and their discriminatory ability in inpatients with advanced cancer at a palliative care unit (PCU). Material and Methods: Observational, prospective cohort study involving advanced cancer patients (October 2019 to May 2021) of their first admission to a PCU. Sociodemographic, clinical, functional, nutritional, and...
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Reviewing prognostic factors associated with recurrence in clinically early-stage low-risk endometrial cancer

ABSTRACT Objective: We sought to re-explore the association between well-known prognostic factors and recurrence in presumed early-stage low-risk endometrial cancer (EC). Methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out on patients who underwent surgical treatment by the same surgeon for presumed early-stage low-risk EC between September 2003 to August 2017. The prognostic...
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Locally Advanced and Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: Survival analysis and prognostic factors in a case series

ABSTRACT Objective: Systemic treatment of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma has resulted in increased survival of patients, but real-life data are scarce, particularly in developing countries. This study aims to analyze the survival of patients with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic pancreatic cancer and factors related to better survival. Methods: an analytical study with...