Fall-related injuries in elderly cancer patients treated with neurotoxic chemotherapy: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-64

  Ward, Peter R ^a   Wong, Mitchell D ^a   Moore, Ravaris ^a   Naeim, Arash ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Complications; Elderly; Falls; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; NAVELBINE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALL RELATED INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPLICATIONS; ELDERLY; FALLS; NEUROPATHY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84893694598     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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