Neutropenia and its complications, including febrile neutropenia, are major dose-limiting
toxicities of systemic cancer chemotherapy. A number of studies have attempted to identify …

The purpose of the research was to demonstrate that comorbid health conditions
disproportionately affect elderly cancer patients. Descriptive analyses and stacked area …

The management of cancer in the older aged person is an increasingly common problem.
The questions arising from this problem are: Is the patient going to die with cancer or of …

Background: Older patients, even if fit, are often considered incapable of tolerating platinum-
based systemic therapy. We performed a retrospective analysis of Eastern Cooperative …

BACKGROUND: The authors set out to analyze if a simple comprehensive geriatric
assessment (CGA) could objectively identify elderly patients with diffuse large cell …

Background Few studies have evaluated the independent effect of a cancer diagnosis on
vulnerability and frailty, which have been associated with adverse health outcomes in older …

Over the past century, truly remarkable changes have been observed in the health of older
persons throughout the world, and these changes have strongly impacted society. The …

Currently, pancreatic adenocarcinoma mainly occurs after 60 years of age, and its prognosis
remains poor despite modest improvements in recent decades. The aging of the population …

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BACKGROUND. Impairments in geriatric domains adversely affect health outcomes of the
elderly. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a key component of the …