Accuracy of the G-8 geriatric-oncology screening tool for identifying vulnerable elderly patients with cancer according to tumour site: The ELCAPA-02 study

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-19

  Liuu, Evelyne ^a   Canouï Poitrine, Florence ^b,c   Tournigand, Christophe ^c   Laurent, Marie ^a,b   Caillet, Philippe ^a,b   Le Thuaut, Aurelie ^a,b,c   Vincent, Helene ^d   Culine, Stephane ^e   Audureau, Etienne ^b,c   Bastuji Garin, Sylvie ^a,b,c   Paillaud, Elena ^a,b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (France)

^d HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cancer; Elderly; Screening; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; G 8; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACCURACY; CANCER; ELDERLY; SCREENING; VALIDATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84893641497     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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