Do older individuals who are diagnosed with cancer have worse physical performance prior to diagnosis compared to matched controls? A longitudinal cohort study

BACKGROUND: Impaired physical performance is highly prevalent in older cancer patients and is associated with cancer-related outcomes such as mortality and chemotherapy-related toxicity. Physical performance might already decline prior to the cancer diagnosis due to undiagnosed disease. This study a...

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Autores principales: Looijaard, S. M. L. M., Slee-Valentijn, M. S., Groeneveldt, L. N., Deeg, D. J. H., Huisman, M., Maier, A. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6052670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30021524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0850-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6052670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30021524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0850-z

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