Validation of a multidimensional evaluation scale for use in elderly cancer patients

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 395-401

  Monfardini, Silvio ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Fratino, Lucia ^a   Del Lungo, Ilaria ^b   Serraino, Diego ^a   Zagonel, Vittorina ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b Geriatric Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

cancer; decision making; multidimensional geriatric assessment; reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0030049131     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960115)77:2<395::AID-CNCR24>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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