Cancer in the oldest old: Making better treatment decisions

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1975-1976

  Hanson, Laura C ^a   Muss, Hyman B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951636925     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.27.6022     Document Type: Editorial

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