The management of cancer in the elderly

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-10

  Ashkanani, Fawzia ^a   Heys, Steven D ^a   Eremin, Oleg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Cognition; Elderly; Nutrition; Radiotherapy; Risk factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COGNITION; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORBIDITY; OVARY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0033004186     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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