Medium-term effects of chemotherapy in older cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-222

  Eberhardt, Barbara ^a   Dilger, Stefan ^a   Musial, Frauke ^a   Wedding, Ulrich ^a   Weiss, Thomas ^a   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cognitive impairments; Older cancer patients; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COGNITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 32644490359     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0894-4     Document Type: Article

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