The national institute on aging and the
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Richard J. Havlik; Rosemary Yancik; Sherrill Long; Lynn Ries; Brenda Edwards
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Article
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1994
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Background. An effect of comorbidity, or the coexistence of other diseases, on the stage of cancer at diagnosis and the appropriateness of therapy in older patients with cancer is hypothesized. The effect of comorbidity differs by cancer site and by type of comorbidity. Such variation could be due t