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Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer from the registHER observational study. [PDF]
, 2012 Limited data exist regarding treatment patterns and outcomes in elderly patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC). registHER is an observational study of patients (N = 1,001) with HER2-positive MBC diagnosed within 6 months of enrollment
Brufsky, Adam M +9 more
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HemaSphere, 2018 AbstractAnemia affects a substantial fraction of the elderly population, representing a public health problem that is predicted to further increase in coming years because of the demographic drive. Being typically mild, it is falsely perceived as a minor problem, particularly in the elderly with multimorbidity, so that it often remains unrecognized and
Girelli, Domenico +2 more
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Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy, 2013 The population in developed countries is aging and the proportion of higher age categories in the age structure is increasing. In the Czech Republic inhabitants aged over 70 years represented 7% of population in the year 1970, 10% in the year 2009 and the expectation for the year 2030 is 25%.
Ladislav Dušek, Jiří Petera
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Percutaneous coronary intervention in the elderly: changes in case-mix and periprocedural outcomes in 31758 patients treated between 2000 and 2007 [PDF]
, 2010 <p>Background: The elderly account for an increasing proportion of the population and have a high prevalence of coronary heart disease. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most common method of revascularization in the elderly.
Eteiba, H. +9 more
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2003 The older population has seen the greatest increase in the prevalence of current asthma in recent years. Asthma may begin at any age and when it occurs at an advanced as opposed to a young age, it is often nonatopic, severe, and unremitting. Unfortunately, geriatric-specific guidelines are not available for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma ...
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Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2015 The objective was to assess the frequency of polypharmacy and potential complications among local seniors.A cross-sectional convenience sample of 59 adults aged above 65 years was interviewed at Cuyahoga county (U.S. state of Ohio) senior programs. Polypharmacy was defined as more than five prescribed medications.
Lisa Isham +4 more
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Exercise training and nutritional supplementation for physical frailty in very elderly people.
New England Journal of Medicine, 1994 BACKGROUND Although disuse of skeletal muscle and undernutrition are often cited as potentially reversible causes of frailty in elderly people, the efficacy of interventions targeted specifically at these deficits has not been carefully studied ...
M. A. Fiatarone +9 more
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Impact of COVID-19 in the Mental Health in Elderly: Psychological and Biological Updates
Molecular Neurobiology, 2021 Since December 2019, the world has been experiencing the challenge of facing coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), a severe infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
R. E. Grolli +6 more
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Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, 2009 Bronchial asthma is a common problem with enormous medical and economics impacts. It is an inflammatory disease of the airways associated with intermittent episodes of bronchospasm. Asthma is not uncommon in the elderly patients. Prevalence of asthma is similar in older and younger adults.
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Hypertension in the Elderly [PDF]
International Journal of Hypertension, 2012 Background. The incidence of hypertension in the Western countries is continuously increasing in the elderly population and remains the leading cause of cardiovascular and morbidity.Methods. we analysed some significant clinical trials in order to present the relevant findings on those hypertensive population.Results.
Blas Gil-Extremera, Pedro Cía-Gómez
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