The impact of fatigue and anemia on functional status in older cancer patients treated with chemotherapy

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 182-188

  Luciani, A ^a,b   Jacobsen, P B ^a   Extermann, M ^a   Foa, P ^b   Marussi, D ^b   Ferrari, D ^b   Morabito, A ^b   Overcash, J A ^a   Balducci, L ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Elderly; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84862496464     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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