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01-11-2015 | Pancreatic Tumors

Beyond “Age”: Frailty Assessment Strategies Improve Care of Older Patients with Cancer

Authors: Riccardo A. Audisio, MD, FRCS, Barbara L. van Leeuwen, MD, PhD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 12/2015

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The progress in scientific and medical knowledge has been fascinating over the last few decades and has had a noticeable impact on the most recent clinical practice. However, not every patient benefits from this progress in the same way; European and North American data are there to prove how senior patients with cancer are offered a substandard treatment, predominantly surgical treatment. …

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Title: Beyond “Age”: Frailty Assessment Strategies Improve Care of Older Patients with Cancer
Authors: Riccardo A. Audisio, MD, FRCS
Barbara L. van Leeuwen, MD, PhD
Publication date: 01-11-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 12/2015
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-015-4772-0

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