Usefulness of the Palliative Prognostic Index in Predicting Prognosis when Considering the Transition from Hospital to Home Care in Patients with Terminal Stage Cancer.

The article presents a study on the "Usefulness of the Palliative Prognostic Index in Predicting Prognosis when Considering the Transition from Hospital to Home Care in Patients with Terminal Stage Cancer" conducted by Shiho Sakaguchi et al., published in the journal "J Nippon Med Sch 2024." The research explores the application of the Palliative Prognostic Index (PPI) and performance status (PS) in predicting prognosis for patients with terminal-stage cancer.