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What screening tools or signs do you use to predict if a cancer patient is near end-of-life?
There is conflicting data on whether the "surprise question" performs adequately enough. Do you use this or other screening tools alone, or in combination with other data such as albumin/pre-albumin, cancer cachexia, muscle wasting, etc?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
It is very true that the "surprise" question does not adequately perform in identifying people who may be nearing the end of life. There are no other standardized screening tools that I use however. Therefore, the "surprise question" is the most frequently used because it makes clinicians at l...
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