Literature DB >> 8941165

Assessing competing risks in treating the elderly.

H G Welch1, P C Albertsen, J H Wasson.   

Abstract

For elderly patients, risks associated with a newly diagnosed disease may be less than competing risks of death and disability from other causes. Treatment benefits should be viewed in the context of normal life expectancy and quality of life.

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Year:  1996        PMID: 8941165     DOI: 10.1080/21548331.1996.11443383

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Hosp Pract (1995)        ISSN: 2154-8331


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1.  What urologists say they do for men with prostate cancer.

Authors:  M Emberton
Journal:  BMJ       Date:  1999-01-30
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