Identifying an accurate pre-screening tool in geriatric oncology

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-248

  Kellen, Eliane ^a   Bulens, Paul ^b   Deckx, Laura ^c   Schouten, Harry ^d   Van Dijk, Marjan ^d   Verdonck, Ilse ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Limburg Oncology Centre   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Geriatric assessment; Geriatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLON CANCER; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GRONINGEN FRAILTY INDEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VULNERABLE ELDERS SURVEY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 77955423922     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.12.002     Document Type: Review

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