The process of maintaining life for the individual is a constant struggle to preserve his/her
integrity. This can come at a price when immunity is involved, namely systemic inflammation …

Around 60% of people living with cancer are aged 65 years or older. Older cancer patients
face a unique set of age-associated changes, comorbidities and circumstances that impact …

Purpose To identify Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) components
independently associated with changes in planned cancer treatment. Patients and Methods …

As a result of an increasing life expectancy, the incidence of cancer cases diagnosed in the
older population is rising. Indeed, cancer incidence is 11-fold higher in persons over the age …

Purpose To study the prognostic value for overall survival of baseline assessment of
functional status, comorbidity, and quality of life (QoL) in elderly patients with advanced non …

Despite all efforts at management, prognosis of advanced lung cancer is extremely poor,
with a median survival time of~ 1 year. The number of cancer patients aged> 70 years is …

More than half of new cancers are diagnosed in elderly patients, but data from randomized
clinical trials do not represent the elderly population. Comprehensive geriatric assessment …

Cancer rates increase sharply with age in both sexes, and the majority of cases of cancer
occur in patients over the age of 65 years. However, the incidence and mortality for cancer …

Background The number of aged patients with head and neck cancer is increasing.
Comorbidities are common in this population. It is necessary to evaluate the effect of …

The best treatment for elderly patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
is still debated. To guide clinical management of these patients and suggest the priorities for …