Development and Validation of a Bedside Score to Predict Early Death in Cancer of Unknown Primary Patients

Nicolas Penel; Sylvie Negrier; Isabelle Ray-Coquard; Charles Ferte; Patrick Devos; Antoine Hollebecque; Michael B. Sawyer; Antoine Adenis; Pascal Seve

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006483

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Development and Validation of a Bedside Score to Predict Early Death in Cancer of Unknown Primary Patients

Nicolas Penel ,

* E-mail: n-penel@o-lambret.fr

Affiliations Département de Cancérologie Générale, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France, Equipe d'Accueil 2694: Santé Publique, Epidémiologie et modélisation des maladies chroniques, Université de Lille II, Lille, France
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Sylvie Negrier,

Affiliation Département d'Oncologie Médicale, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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Isabelle Ray-Coquard,

Affiliation Département d'Oncologie Médicale, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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Charles Ferte,

Affiliations Département de Cancérologie Générale, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France, Département de Cancérologie Digestive et Urologique, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
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Patrick Devos,

Affiliations Equipe d'Accueil 2694: Santé Publique, Epidémiologie et modélisation des maladies chroniques, Université de Lille II, Lille, France, Délégation à la Recherche Clinique, CHRU Lille, Lille, France
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Antoine Hollebecque,

Affiliations Département de Cancérologie Générale, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France, Département de Cancérologie Digestive et Urologique, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
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Michael B. Sawyer,

Affiliation Medical Oncology Department, Alberta University, Edmonton, Canada
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Antoine Adenis,

Affiliation Département de Cancérologie Digestive et Urologique, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
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Pascal Seve

Affiliations Département de Médecine Interne, Hôtel Dieu, Hospices Civiles de Lyon, Lyon, France, INSERM U 590, Université de Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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Development and Validation of a Bedside Score to Predict Early Death in Cancer of Unknown Primary Patients

Nicolas Penel,
Sylvie Negrier,
Isabelle Ray-Coquard,
Charles Ferte,
Patrick Devos,
Antoine Hollebecque,
Michael B. Sawyer,
Antoine Adenis,
Pascal Seve

Published: August 3, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006483

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