Do Elderly Cancer Patients Care about Cure? Attitudes to Radical Gynecologic Oncology Surgery in the Elderly

Objective. The aim of this study was to address the hypothesis of no difference between elderly and younger patients' desire for optimal surgery and disease cure. Methods. The new ARGOSE questionnaire with established instruments was administered to 189 gynecologic cancer patients (95 aged

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Veröffentlicht in:	Gynecologic oncology 2001-06, Vol.81 (3), p.447-455
Hauptverfasser:	Nordin, A.J., Chinn, D.J., Moloney, I., Naik, R., de Barros Lopes, A., Monaghan, J.M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors Aged attitudes Biological and medical sciences Cohort Studies elderly Female Genital Neoplasms, Female - psychology Genital Neoplasms, Female - surgery gynecologic cancer Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Medical sciences Middle Aged radical surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the genital tract and mammary gland Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective. The aim of this study was to address the hypothesis of no difference between elderly and younger patients' desire for optimal surgery and disease cure. Methods. The new ARGOSE questionnaire with established instruments was administered to 189 gynecologic cancer patients (95 aged
ISSN:	0090-8258 1095-6859
DOI:	10.1006/gyno.2001.6178