Comorbidity, disability and geriatric syndromes in elderly breast cancer survivors. Results of a single-center experience

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-245

  Gironés, Regina ^a   Torregrosa, Dolores ^a   Díaz Beveridge, Roberto ^b  

^a HOSPITAL LLUÍS ALCANYÍS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer survivor; Comorbidity; Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; BONE DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 74749095388     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.08.002     Document Type: Review

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