Implications of aging in surgical oncology

Cancer Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 488-494

  Ramesh, Hodigere S J ^a,b   Jain, Saurabh ^a,b   Audisio, Riccardo A ^a,b  

^a Whiston Hospital ^*

^b WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Comorbidity; Elderly; Operative risk; PACE; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGING; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 30744450942     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130404-200511000-00008     Document Type: Review

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