Older adults and cancer treatment

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 3505-3511

  Given, Barbara ^a   Given, Charles W ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral research; Cancer treatment; Comorbidity; Older adults; Physical function; Side effects; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59449089498     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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