An attempt to correlate a "Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment" (MGA), treatment assignment and clinical outcome in elderly cancer patients: Results of a phase II open study

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-83

  Massa, Elena ^a   Madeddu, Clelia ^a   Astara, Giorgio ^a   Pisano, Michela ^a   Spiga, Carla ^a   Tanca, Francesca Maria ^a   Sanna, Eleonora ^a   Puddu, Ilaria ^a   Patteri, Elena ^a   Lamonica, Giovanna ^a   Deiana, Laura ^a   Saba, Federica ^a   Mantovani, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic treatment; Clinical outcome; Elderly cancer patients; MGA; Objective clinical response

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ITALY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDIMENSIONAL GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; OPEN STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40049102157     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2007.11.002     Document Type: Review

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