Geriatric assessment as an aide to understanding falls in older adults with cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2273-2280

  Williams, Grant R ^a   Deal, Allison M ^a   Nyrop, Kirsten A ^a   Pergolotti, Mackenzi ^a,b   Guerard, Emily J ^a   Jolly, Trevor A ^a   Muss, Hyman B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Falls; Geriatric assessment; Geriatric oncology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL DISORDER; AGE; NEOPLASMS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84932624034     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2598-0     Document Type: Article

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