Comorbidity and functional status are independent in older cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1582-1587

  Extermann, Martine ^a   Overcash, Janine ^a   Lyman, Gary H ^a   Parr, Joyce ^a   Balducci, Lodovico ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031901577     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.4.1582     Document Type: Article

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