Characteristics of older newly diagnosed cancer patients refusing cancer treatments

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 969-974

  Puts, Martine T E ^a,b,c   Monette, Johanne ^a,d,g   Girre, Veronique ^a,e   Wolfson, Christina ^b,f   Monette, Michèle ^a   Batist, Gerald ^g   Bergman, Howard ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Frail elderly; Functional status; Geriatric assessment; Geriatric oncology; Prospective cohort study; Treatment refusal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 77956491035     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0883-0     Document Type: Article

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