Tools for assessing elderly cancer patients

Cancer Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-7

  Singhal, Nimit ^a   Rao, Arati V ^b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 42149111599     PISSN: 0311306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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