Determinants of cancer therapy in elderly patients

Cancer

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 594-601

  Goodwin, James S ^a   Hunt, William C ^a   Samet, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; cancer; cancer therapy; comorbidity; dementia; functional status; geriatric oncology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NEW MEXICO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0027294630     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19930715)72:2<594::AID-CNCR2820720243>3.0.CO;2-#     Document Type: Article

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