Predictors of physical functioning among geriatric patients with small cell or non-small cell lung cancer 3 months after diagnosis

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 328-331

  Kurtz, Margot E ^a   Kurtz, J C ^b   Stommel, Manfred ^b   Given, Charles W ^c   Given, Barbara ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric patients; Lung cancer; Physical functioning; Symptoms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0032774098     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050270     Document Type: Article

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