Older adults with cancer heterogeneously experience health care, treatment, and symptoms.
Geriatric assessment (GA) offers a comprehensive evaluation of an older individual's health …

Introduction Cancer health disparities are widespread. Nevertheless, the disparities in
outcomes among diverse survivors of cancer ages 65 years and older (“older”) have not …

BACKGROUND: Despite the known influences of both race-and aging-related factors in
colorectal cancer outcomes and mortality, limited literature is available on the intersection …

Background Food access is associated with higher gastrointestinal (GI) cancer mortality;
however, its association with frailty, which is a predictor of premature mortality among older …

Background Discrimination can adversely affect health and accelerate aging, but little is
known about these relationships in cancer survivors. This study examines associations of …

The central premise of this article is that a portion of the established relationships between
social determinants of health and racial and ethnic disparities in cancer morbidity and …

Aims The frailty index (FI) is one way in which frailty can be quantified. While it is measured
as a continuous variable, various cut-off points have been used to categorise older adults as …

Background Basic resource needs related to transportation, housing, food, and medications
are important social determinants of health and modifiable indicators of poverty, but their …

Objective Increasing the physical activity of frail, older patients before surgery through
prehabilitation (prehab) can hasten return to autonomy and reduce complications …

Background Older adults comprise the majority of patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer.
Geriatric assessments (GAs) are recommended for older adults with cancer in part to detect …