Cancer and the elderly. Management. Decision patterns;Cancer et sujets ages. Prise en charge. Aspects decisionnels

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 765-776

  Pignon, T ^a   Rafaramino, F ^a   Scalliet, P ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Elderly; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; HORMONE; METHOTREXATE;

AGED; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033825207     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-8663(00)00222-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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