Delivering tailored surgery to older cancer patients: Preoperative geriatric assessment domains and screening tools – A systematic review of systematic reviews

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-14

  Huisman, M G ^a   Kok, M ^a   de Bock, G H ^a   van Leeuwen, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Geriatric assessment; Mortality; Neoplasms; Postoperative complications; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; EMOTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MOOD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85002926675     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2016.06.003     Document Type: Review

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