Functional status and mortality in older women with gynecological cancer

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1129-1133

  Cesari, Matteo ^a,b   Cerullo, Francesco ^c   Zamboni, Valentina ^d   Di Palma, Rita ^c   Scambia, Giovanni ^c   Balducci, Lodovico ^e   Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele ^f   Vellas, Bruno ^a,b   Gambassi, Giovanni ^c  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Sacro Cuore Hospice   (Italy)

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

^f UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ecological cancer; Gait speed.; geriatrics; Gyn; Mortality; Onco; Physical function

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE MAGNESIUM;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GAIT SPEED.; GERIATRICS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; ONCO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ECOLOGICAL CANCER; GAIT SPEED.; GERIATRICS; GYN; MORTALITY; ONCO; PHYSICAL FUNCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MASS SCREENING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84882421002     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt073     Document Type: Article

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