Actualities in geriatric oncology;Actualités en onco-gériatrie

Bulletin du Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-96

  Terret, Catherine ^a   Gaujard, Sylvain ^b   Droz, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Elderly; Geriatric oncology

Indexed keywords

AGING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0037283065     PISSN: 00074551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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