Quality of life as a predictor of early death in older cancer patients: A prospective cohort study

Authors :: Barbara laffayette viana da Luz
Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler
Jurema Telles de Oliveira Lima
Maria Júlia Gonçalves de Mello
Anke Bergmann
Source :: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 36:e22017-e22017
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2018.
Abstract: e22017Background: Aging is the major risk factor for cancer. Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important aspect to be studied in the elderly population with cancer, not only as an end-po...

Subjects :: Gerontology
Cancer Research
business.industry
Cancer
Early death
medicine.disease
humanities
Oncology
Quality of life
Elderly population
medicine
Risk factor
business
Prospective cohort study

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