The Activities of Daily Living Scale in Iranian Elderly Cancer Patients Treated in an Oncology Unit
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چکیده
Age is the greatest risk factor for the progress of cancer. However, cancer can arise at any age, the chance of developing cancer increases with age (Wilkins, 1991). Aging is related to increasing functional decline and several commodities, in addition, elderly cancer patients are more at risk to physical impairment (Stafford et al., 1997). Geriatric cancer patients have more comorbidity conditions and physical functional limitations (Repetto et al., 1998; Aapro et al., 2000). In the assessment of elderly cancer patients, the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been useful to demonstrate views of elderly cancer patients concerning with their functional status and quality of life. Besides, elderly cancer patients may be concerned with declining of their quality of life in undertaking cancer treatments (Balducci and Extermann, 2000; Ingram et al., 2002; Repetto et al., 2002).
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