Clinical assessment of elderly people with cancer

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 790-797

  Gosney, Margot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BARTHEL INDEX; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COMORBIDITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26444551170     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(05)70389-2     Document Type: Review

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