How does older age influence oncologists' cancer management?

Oncologist

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 584-592

  Foster, Jill A ^a   Salinas, Gregory D ^a   Mansell, Dorcas ^a   Williamson, James C ^a   Casebeer, Linda L ^a  

^a CE Outcomes LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Antineoplastic agents therapeutic use; Geriatric assessment; Health care disparities; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; UNITED STATES; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGE; AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955002643     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2009-0198     Document Type: Article

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