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Cancer Trajectories at the End of Life: is there an effect of age and gender?
BACKGROUND: Few empirical data show the pattern of functional decline at the end of life for cancer patients, especially among older patients. METHODS: In a mortality follow-back survey (the Italian Survey of the Dying of Cancer – ISDOC) a random sample of 1,271 lay caregivers were interviewed, at a...
Autores principales: | Costantini, Massimo, Beccaro, Monica, Higginson, Irene J |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386793/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18454854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-8-127 |
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