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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
12
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2007-10-10
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pubmed:abstractText |
With the increasing number of elderly patients suffering from cancer, comorbidity and functional impairment become common problems in patients with cancer. Both comorbidity and functional impairment are associated with a shorter survival time in cancer patients, but their independent role has rarely been addressed before.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Dec
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pubmed:issn |
0171-5216
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
133
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
945-50
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Activities of Daily Living,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Comorbidity,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Geriatric Assessment,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Health Status Indicators,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Prognosis,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Quality of Life,
pubmed-meshheading:17534661-Survival Analysis
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pubmed:year |
2007
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Age, severe comorbidity and functional impairment independently contribute to poor survival in cancer patients.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department for Internal Medicine II, Division of Haematology and Medical Oncology, Friedrich Schiller University, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany. ulrich.wedding@med.uni-jena.de
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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