PPT and VES-13 in elderly patients with cancer: Evaluation in multidimensional geriatric assessment and prediction of survival

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 415-421

  Augschoell, Julia ^a   Kemmler, Georg ^a   Hamaker, Marije E ^b   Stauder, Reinhard ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Elderly; Geriatric assessment; PPT; Prediction of survival; Screening tools; VES 13

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE ELDERS SURVEY 13; AUSTRIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; NEOPLASMS; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908204168     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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