The comparison of common cancer types and the coincidence of concomitant chronic diseases between palliative home care patients in Lodz Voivodeship and the general Polish population

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 496-503

  Ciałkowska Rysz, Aleksandra ^a   Kowalczyk, Mariusz ^a   Gottwald, Leszek ^a   Kaźmierczak Łukaszewicz, Sylwia ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Comorbidities; Elderly; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PANCREAS CANCER; POLAND; PROSTATE CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

EID: 84863943528     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.29528     Document Type: Article

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