The surgical management of elderly cancer patients: Recommendations of the SIOG surgical task force

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 926-938

  Audisio, R A ^a   Bozzetti, F ^b   Gennari, R ^c   Jaklitsch, M T ^d   Koperna, T ^e   Longo, W E ^f   Wiggers, T ^g   Zbar, A P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Department of Surgery   (Austria)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; Cancer in the elderly; Nutrition; Operative risk; Quality of life; SIOG; Solid neoplasms; Surgery

Indexed keywords

OXALIPLATIN;

AGED; BIODIVERSITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 1942421681     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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