Functioning of older, long-term cancer survivors: The role of cancer and comorbidities

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Deimling, Gary T ^a   Arendt, Jacquelyn A ^a   Kypriotakis, George ^a   Bowman, Karen F ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer survivors; Comorbidities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 72049130296     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02515.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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