As the worldwide population ages, oncologists are often required to make difficult and
complex decisions regarding the treatment of older people (aged 65 years and older) with …

Distress is experienced by many cancer patients, adversely affecting quality of life and
cancer care. Although it is often manageable, it remains woefully underidentified and …

The NCCN Guidelines for Older Adult Oncology address specific issues related to the
management of cancer in older adults, including screening and comprehensive geriatric …

We investigated the predictive value of geriatric assessment (GA) on overall survival (OS) for
older adults with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Consecutive patients≥ 60 years with …

Background Geriatric assessment is a multidisciplinary diagnostic process that evaluates the
older adult's medical, psychological, social, and functional capacity. No systematic review of …

Background Cancer is common in older patients, who raise specific treatment challenges
due to aging-related, organ-specific physiologic changes and the presence in most cases of …

The majority of cancer incidence and mortality occurs in individuals aged older than 65
years, and the number of older adults with cancer is projected to significantly increase …

A theme of personalized medicine was highlighted at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Clinical Oncology. To this end, the current review focuses on the impact …

Objective In older men with prostate cancer, aging is associated with reduced anxiety and
increased depression. The purpose of this study was to examine the association among …

Older adults with cancer have increasing needs in physical, cognitive, and emotional
domains, and they can experience decline in all domains with the diagnosis and treatment …