Comorbidities alone do not explain the undertreatment of colorectal cancer in older adults: A French population-based study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 694-698

  Quipourt, Valérie ^a,b   Jooste, Valérie ^a   Cottet, Vanessa ^a   Faivre, Jean ^a   Bouvier, Anne Marie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b Centre Gériatrique de Champmaillot   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

cancer registry; colorectal cancers; comorbidity; elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART INFARCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RECTUM CANCER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954723185     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03334.x     Document Type: Article

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