Optimising treatment decisions for the onco-geriatric patient: The need for Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in routine clinical practice

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 187-188

  Repetto, Lazzaro ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; ONCOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248661535     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2007.05.003     Document Type: Editorial

References (2)

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2. Repetto L, Fratino L, Audisio RA, Venturino A, Gianni W, Vercelli M, et al. on behalf of GIOGer. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment adds information to ECOG performance status in elderly cancer patients: a GIOGer Study. JCO 2002;20(2):494-502.