Translation requires evidence: Does cancer-specific CGA lead to better care and outcomes?

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 925-

  Clough Gorr, Kerri M ^a,b   Silliman, Rebecca A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SPECIFIC COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 65449182393     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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