Optimal management of elderly cancer patients: usefulness of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Optimal management of elderly cancer patients: usefulness of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
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New Zealand: Dove Medical Press Limited
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English
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New Zealand: Dove Medical Press Limited
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Cancer is common in older patients, who raise specific treatment challenges due to aging-related, organ-specific physiologic changes and the presence in most cases of comorbidities capable of affecting treatment tolerance and outcomes. Identifying comorbid conditions and physiologic changes due to aging allows oncologists to better assess the risk/...
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Optimal management of elderly cancer patients: usefulness of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8e38125956bd4af2b8b55b81f5294ea2
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8e38125956bd4af2b8b55b81f5294ea2
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1178-1998,1176-9092
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1178-1998
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10.2147/CIA.S57849
