Approach to the older patient with cancer

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  De la Cruz, Maxine ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance cancer; Geriatric patient; Palliative care; Supportive care; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84885928660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-218     Document Type: Note

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