Table 1
Variables associated with decreased survival in adult patients with advanced cancer25
Symptoms and signs | Biological factors | Others |
Anorexia | Leukocytosis | Clinician prediction of |
Dyspnoea | Lymphocytopenia | survival |
Xerostomia | Anaemia | Performance status |
Dysphagia | C-reactive protein | and change in |
Pain | Prehypoalbuminaemia | performance status |
Nausea | Proteinuria | Primary site of cancer |
Weight loss | Serum calcium | Sites of metastasis |
Tachycardia | Serum sodium | Age |
Fever | Lactate dehydrogenase | Gender |
Tiredness | | Marital status |
Oedema | | |
Ascites | | |