The appropriate use of chemotherapy in older adults with colon cancer

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-49

  Goldschmidt, Jerome ^a  

^a Monroe Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LEVAMISOLE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANOIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642545508     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70043-2     Document Type: Article

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