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Clinical symptoms and chemotherapy completion in elderly patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia: a retrospective comparison study with a younger cohort

BACKGROUND: Cancer affects older adults disproportionately. The disease is often difficult to diagnose and treat due to co-morbidities and performance status, and patients tend to discontinue chemotherapy prematurely. There are no systemic studies of the reasons and factors that create a higher with...

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Autores principales: Hu, Rong, Wu, Yong, Jiang, Xiaoying, Zhang, Wenteng, Xu, Le
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21645417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-11-224