Lung Cancer
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 232-236 , February 2010

Use of a simplified geriatric evaluation in thoracic oncology

  • Tristan Cudennec

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Gériatrique, CHU Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, UFR Médicale, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Thierry Gendry

      Affiliations

    • Service de Pneumologie, CHU Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, UFR Médicale, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Sylvie Labrune

      Affiliations

    • Service de Pneumologie, CHU Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, UFR Médicale, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Violaine Giraud

      Affiliations

    • Service de Pneumologie, CHU Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, UFR Médicale, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Sophie Moulias

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Gériatrique, CHU Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, UFR Médicale, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Laurent Teillet

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Gériatrique, CHU Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, UFR Médicale, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Thierry Chinet

      Affiliations

    • Service de Pneumologie, CHU Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, UFR Médicale, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Service de Pneumologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, 9 Avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92104 Boulogne, France. Tel.: +33 1 49 09 58 02.

Received 3 December 2008 ,Revised 3 April 2009 ,Accepted 6 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.04.001

Lung Cancer
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