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**Figures 2, 5,** and **6** reprinted from Stone PC, Lund S. Predicting prognosis in patients with advanced cancer. Annals of Oncology. 2007;18(6):971-976, with permission from Elsevier.

**Figure 3** reprinted with permission from ©Victoria Hospice Society, Canada. www.victoriahospice.org.

**Figure 4** reprinted from Morita T, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, Chihara S. Validity of the palliative performance scale from a survival perspective. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 1999;18(1):2-3, with permission from Elsevier.

*Prognostic Communication in the Era of Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.105144*
