Patterns of care and survival in cancer patients with cognitive impairment

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-224

  Robb, Claire ^a   Boulware, David ^b   Overcash, Janine ^b,c   Extermann, Martine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Cancer; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Mental status; Prognosis; Treatment patterns

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953361333     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.07.002     Document Type: Review

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