Factors affecting recovery of functional status in older adults after cancer surgery

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-43

  Van Cleave, Janet H ^a   Egleston, Brian L ^b   McCorkle, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer surgery; functional status; older adult

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651398393     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03210.x     Document Type: Article

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