Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Comorbidity is common among cancer patients and,
with an aging population, is becoming more so. Comorbidity potentially affects the …

Background The concept of the “efficacy-effectiveness gap”(EEG) has started to challenge
confidence in decisions made for drugs when based on randomized controlled trials alone …

Fewer than 1 in 20 adult cancer patients enroll in cancer clinical trials. But although barriers
to trial participation have been the subject of frequent study, the rate of trial participation has …

Purpose Under-representation of elderly, women, and racial/ethnic minority patients with
cancer in clinical trials is of national concern. The goal of this study was to characterize …

Background Physicians need clinical trials assessing benefits and harms of treatments to
avoid under-treatment or over-treatment of elderly patients. The main objectives of this report …

BACKGROUND Patients with cancer who are infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) are less likely to receive cancer treatment compared with HIV‐uninfected …

Objective Assess the utility of the G8 screening tool and CGA for older adults with head and
neck cancer. Methods Patients 65 years or older with a primary malignancy of the head and …

Context Disease-specific registries that enroll a considerable number of patients play a
major role in prostate cancer (PCa) research. Objective To evaluate available registries …

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most frequent malignant diseases in the elderly. Systemic
chemotherapy showed an improvement of quality of life and survival benefit compared to …

Cancer is primarily a disease of older adults. The treatment of advanced stage tumors
usually involves the use of systemic agents that may be associated with significant risk of …