Experience of multidisciplinary assessment of elderly patients with cancer in a French general hospital during 1year: A new model care study

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 394-401

  Bouzereau, V ^a   Le Caer, F ^a   Guardiola, E ^b   Scavennec, C ^b   Barriere, J R ^b   Chaix, L ^a   Le Caer, H ^b  

^a Geriatric Department   (France)

^b Sanofi aventis   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Geriatric assessment; Multidisciplinary assessment; Observational study; Oncology; Treatment schedules

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICIAN; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; ONCOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; TEAMWORK; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ELDERLY PATIENTS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; TREATMENT SCHEDULES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84884986478     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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