Detecting disabilities in older patients with cancer: Comparison between comprehensive geriatric assessment and vulnerable elders survey-13

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2046-2050

  Luciani, Andrea ^a   Ascione, Gilda ^a   Bertuzzi, Cecilia ^a   Marussi, Desirè ^a   Codecà, Carla ^a   Di Maria, Giuseppe ^a   Caldiera, Sarah Elisabetta ^a   Floriani, Irene ^a   Zonato, Sabrina ^a   Ferrari, Daris ^a   Foa, Paolo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VULNERABLE ELDERS SURVEY 13; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; ITALY; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951624378     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.9978     Document Type: Article

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