Characteristics and treatment options of elderly Chinese patients with cancer as determined by comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-178

  Kanesvaran, Ravindran ^c   Wang, Wei ^c   Yang, Yufei ^c   Wei, Zhengjun ^c   Jia, Liqun ^c   Li, Fang ^c   Wu, Shikai ^c   Bai, Chunmei ^c   Xie, Haiyan ^c   Zhang, Hongliang ^c   Yang, Guowang ^c   Sloane, Richard ^c   Li, Pingping ^a   Cohen, Harvey Jay ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Chinese; Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERO-ONCOLOGY HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896134466     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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