Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Its Clinical Impact in Oncology

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-31

  Liu, Jane Jijun ^a   Extermann, Martine ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cancer; Comorbidity; Comprehensive geriatric assessment

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84863026958     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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