Evaluation of the senior cancer patient: Comprehensive geriatric assessment and screening tools for the elderly

ESMO Handbook of Cancer in the Senior Patient

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 13-21

  Extermann, M ^a  

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

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EID: 84862505672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3109/9781841847481     Document Type: Chapter

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