Cancer treatment in the elderly: The need for a better organization [3]

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1283-1284

  Monfardini, Silvio ^a   Aapro, M ^b  

^a VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CLINIQUE DE GENOLIER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR;

AGED; ANEMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LETTER; LEUKOPENIA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547924478     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm276     Document Type: Letter

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