Beyond the Acknowledged Limitations: Critical Methodological Gaps in Prognostic Assessment of Symptom Burden Among Terminal Cancer Patients.

J Gen Fam Med · 2026 · PMC13176461 · PMID 42147985

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The Emotional Symptom Subscale (ESS) not only failed to reach statistical significance as a standalone predictor but also did not retain significance in multivariable models, where only the physical domain emerged as an independent predictor of survival.

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