Treatment and survival patterns in relation to multimorbidity in patients with locoregional breast and colorectal cancer

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-208

  Koroukian, Siran M ^a,b   Bakaki, Paul M ^a   Schluchter, Mark D ^a,b   Owusu, Cynthia ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Comorbidity; Functional limitations; Geriatric syndromes; Multimorbidity; Standard treatment; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL;

EID: 79958734059     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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