Frailty is an independent predictor of survival in older patients with colorectal cancer

Oncologist

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1268-1275

  Ommundsen, Nina ^a,c,f   Wyller, Torgeir B ^a,c   Nesbakken, Arild ^a,d,i   Jordhøy, Marit S ^a,e,h   Bakka, Arne ^a,g   Skovlund, Eva ^b   Rostoft, Siri ^c  

^a Center for Heart Failure Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Departments of Geriatric Medicine   (Norway)

^d Gastrointestinal Surgery   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Departments of Geriatric General Internal Medicine   (Norway)

^g AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

ⁱ KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Frail elderly; Geriatric assessment; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NOTTINGHAM EXTENDED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84919332217     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0237     Document Type: Article

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