Effects of comorbidity on screening and early diagnosis of cancer in elderly people

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-87

  Terret, Catherine ^a,b   Castel Kremer, Elisabeth ^c   Albrand, Gilles ^d   Droz, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ADCAPT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STROKE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 57749200005     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70336-X     Document Type: Review

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