Fatigue and functional dependence in older cancer patients

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 424-430

  Luciani, Andrea ^a,b   Jacobsen, Paul B ^b   Extermann, Martine ^b   Foa, Paolo ^a   Marussi, Desire ^a   Overcash, Janine A ^b   Balducci, Lodovico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Fatigue; Functional dependence; Instrumental activities of daily living; Performance status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANEMIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55249107180     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e31816d915f     Document Type: Article

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