Cancer in older patients: An analysis of elderly oncology

ecancermedicalscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Swaminathan, Vikram ^a   Audisio, R A ^b  

^a Mersey Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84857088916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17546605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2012.243     Document Type: Review

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