Do elderly patients with metastatic cancer have worse quality of life scores?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2121-2127

  Koo, Kaitlin ^a   Zeng, Liang ^a   Chen, Emily ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Culleton, Shaelyn ^a   Dennis, Kristopher ^a   Caissie, Amanda ^a   Nguyen, Janet ^a   Holden, Lori ^a   Jon, Florencia ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Age difference; Metastases; QLQ C15 PAL; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TRETAMENT OF CANCER QLQ-C15-PAL QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865192819     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1322-6     Document Type: Article

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