Association between frailty syndrome and survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Abstract Background Frailty is a syndrome characterized by weakness, slow gait, weight loss, exhaustion, and low activity. We sought to determine whether frailty was associated with age or stage in newly diagnosed patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), and determine its association w...

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Main Authors: An Ngo‐Huang, Holly M. Holmes, Jude K. A. des Bordes, Nathan H. Parker, David Fogelman, Maria Q. B. Petzel, Juhee Song, Eduardo Bruera, Matthew H. G. Katz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-06-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.2157