Comorbidity in patients with cancer: Prevalence and severity measured by cumulative illness rating scale

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-276

  Wedding, Ulrich ^a,b   Roehrig, Bernd ^a   Klippstein, Almuth ^a   Steiner, Peggy ^a   Schaeffer, Thomas ^a   Pientka, Ludger ^b   Höffken, Klaus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Comorbidity; Cumulative illness rating scale; Elderly; Geriatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33847319713     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2006.11.001     Document Type: Review

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