Cognitive speed of processing and functional declines in older cancer survivors: An analysis of data from the active trial

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-117

  Kvale, E A ^a   Clay, O J ^a   Ross Meadows, L A ^a   McGee, J S ^a   Edwards, J D ^a,b   Unverzagt, F W ^c   Ritchie, C S ^a   Ball, K K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivor; Cognition; Functional impairment; Quality of life; Speed of processing

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 73149108619     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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