To operate or not: Prediction of 3-month postoperative mortality in geriatric cancer patients

Journal of Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-21

  Chou, Wen Chi ^a,b   Liu, Keng Hao ^a   Lu, Chang Hsien ^a   Hung, Yu Shin ^a   Chen, Miao Fen ^a   Cheng, Yu Fan ^a   Wang, Cheng Hsu ^b   Lin, Yung Chang ^a   Yeh, Ta Sen ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geriatric patients; Postoperative mortality; Predictive factors; Solid cancer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP PERFORMANCE SCALE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADICAL RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84953923991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18379664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/jca.13126     Document Type: Article

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