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Personalised treatment for older adults with cancer: The role of frailty assessment

It is widely accepted in clinical practice that chronological age is a poor predictor of treatment tolerance and outcomes in older adults with cancer. Intrinsic vulnerability is more a function of underlying frailty, rather than chronological age. Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability to str...

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Autores principales: O'Donovan, Anita, Leech, Michelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7568178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2020.09.001