Usefulness of frailty markers in the assessment of the health and functional status of older cancer patients referred for chemotherapy: A pilot study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 518-522

  Retornaz, Frederique ^a,b   Monette, Johanne ^a,b   Batist, Gerald ^c   Monette, Michèle ^b   Sourial, Nadia ^b   Small, David ^c   Caplan, Stephen ^c   Wan Chow Wah, Doreen ^a,b   Puts, Martine T E ^b   Bergman, Howard ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disability; Elderly; Frailty markers; Functional status; Geriatric assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; ONCOLOGY WARD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; FRAIL ELDERLY; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 47049099453     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.5.518     Document Type: Article

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