Comorbidities, functional limitations, and geriatric syndromes in relation to treatment and survival patterns among elders with colorectal cancer

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-329

  Koroukian, Siran M ^a,b   Xu, Fang ^a   Bakaki, Paul M ^a   Diaz Insua, Mireya ^c   Towe, Tanyanika Phillips ^b,d   Owusu, Cynthia ^b,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Comorbidities; Functional limitations; Geriatric syndromes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OHIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77949499798     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp180     Document Type: Article

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