Research Priorities in Geriatric Oncology: Addressing the Needs of an Aging Population

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-288

  Hurria, Arti ^a   Mohile, Supriya Gupta ^b   Dale, William ^c  

^a Alliance Cancer in the Elderly Committee   (United States)

^b James Wilmot Cancer Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856938063     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0025     Document Type: Short Survey

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