British Journal of Cancer

TABLE 3

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How doctors record breaking bad news in ovarian cancer

J M Kirwan, D G Tincello, T Lavender and R E Kingston

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Table 3. Prognosis word recorded in 66 women where there was an entry

Prognosis recorded n %
Poor1615.2
Palliative65.7
Extent of disease43.8
Progression, TLC, good outlook, inoperable, unable to remove all32.9
Spread of disease, guarded, cure impossible21.9
Surgery enough, all being well should have response, uncertainty of response, cure unlikely, advanced, keep at bay, early stage, deterioration, likely prognosis, all away, should be fine, terminal, bleak, extremely poor, too far gone, nature take its course, no further treatment, bad, optimistic, untreatable11.0
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