Cancer in nonagenarians: Profile, treatments and outcomes

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-31

  Extermann, Martine ^a   Crane, Edward J ^a   Boulware, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemoradiation therapy; Chemotherapy; Nonagenarians; Radiation therapy; Second cancers; Surgery; Survival; Treatment tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; SECOND CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953732605     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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