Certain death in uncertain time: informing hope by quantifying a best case scenario.
Kiely
Belinda E
BE
National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, Camperdown, New South Wales 1450, Australia. belinda.kiely@ctc.usyd.edu.au
Tattersall
Martin H N
MH
Stockler
Martin R
MR
D001293:Attitude to Death; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016019:Survival Analysis; D017741:Survivors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors; D014342:Truth Disclosure