Geriatric evaluation and management units in the care of the frail elderly cancer patient

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 798-803

  Rao, Arati V ^a   Hsieh, Frank ^b   Feussner, John R ^c   Cohen, Harvey Jay ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 21144444555     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.6.798     Document Type: Article

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