Eduardo Bruera, Chair of the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine and Medical Director of the Supportive Care Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“In advanced cancer, palliative physicians showed low variability in survival estimates when ‘surprised’ (>50% survival), but wide variability (2–100%) when ‘not surprised,’ especially at longer timeframes. This highlights inconsistency in defining ‘not surprised.’ ”
Title: When would I be surprised? Variability in predicted probability of survival for being “surprised” and “not surprised” to the surprise question
Authors: David Hui, Amy Ontai, Clark Andersen, John P. Maxwell, Yusuke Hiratsuka, Sang-Yeon Suh, Sun Hyun Kim, Eduardo Bruera
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