Improved targeting of cancer care for older patients: A systematic review of the utility of comprehensive geriatric assessment

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-281

  Ramjaun, Aliya ^a   Nassif, Mohammed O ^a,b   Krotneva, Stanimira ^a   Huang, Allen R ^c   Meguerditchian, Ari N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Elderly; Geriatric assessment; Geriatrics; Survival; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; POLYPHARMACY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878994076     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2013.04.002     Document Type: Review

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