Understanding frailty in cancer patients

Cancer Journal (United States)

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 358-366

  Baijal, Pooja ^a   Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Frailty; Geriatric assessment; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGING; BLADDER FUNCTION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOOD; MOTIVATION; NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHENOTYPE; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; AGED; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; NEOPLASM; SYNDROME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84927621796     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000068     Document Type: Review

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