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Exploring Cost-Effectiveness of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Geriatric Oncology: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Cancers, 2022
SIMPLE SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment is a multidimensional and multidisciplinary evaluation designed for elderly patients with the goal of structuring tailored care and follow-up.
Sara Zuccarino, Fiammetta Monacelli, Rachele Antognoli   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Geriatric Oncology: A 5-Year Strategic Plan. [PDF]

Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book
The increasing rate of the older adult population across the world over the next 20 years along with significant developments in the treatment of oncology will require a more granular understanding of the older adult population with cancer.
Diaz FC, Hamparsumian A, Loh KP, Verduzco-Aguirre H, Abdallah M, Williams GR, Hsu T, Soto-Perez-de-Celis E, Elias R.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The concept of multidimensional frailty in geriatric oncology: a systematic scoping review [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background One of the major challenges in geriatric oncology is to estimate the risk-benefit balance of any therapeutic proposal for each patient and frailty is one of the key components of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)and can also be assessed
Yinning Guo, Yimeng Chen, Shulin Song, Ziyan Wang, Yue Chen, Zhongmin Fu, Xinyi Xu, Qin Xu, Lingyu Ding   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Challenges in Geriatric Oncology—A Surgeon’s Perspective [PDF]

Current Oncology, 2022
As our global population ages, we will see more cancer diagnoses in older adults. Surgery is an important treatment modality for solid tumours, forming the majority of all cancers.
Ruth Parks, Kwok-Leung Cheung
doaj   +2 more sources

Geriatric oncology: a clinical approach to the older patient with cancer

European Journal of Cancer, 2003
Due to the ageing of the population and the sharp increase in life expectancy, cancer in the older person has become an increasingly common problem in the Western world.
GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY A. CLINICAL APPROACH TO, GIANNI W, PIETROPAOLO M., REPETTO L, SERRAINO D, FRATINO L, TROISI, Giovanni, VENTURINO A   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use in geriatric oncology

Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 2016
Polypharmacy is a highly prevalent problem in older persons, and is challenging to assess and improve due to variations in definitions of the problem and the heterogeneous methods of medication review and reduction.
Manvi Sharma, Kah Poh Loh, Ginah Nightingale   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Geriatric Assessment in Elderly Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Ain Shams University Hospital: An Implementation Study [PDF]

The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2023
Background: In contrast to chronological age, the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) was created as a multidisciplinary framework to measure the influence of age-associated physiological parameters that may affect health and disease in older ...
Mohamed Mortada, Khaled Kamal, Mohamed El Kady, zeinab El Sayed, Aya Hany   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

EDITORIAL : Special Edition on Geriatric Oncology [PDF]

Translational Oncology
Anna Rachelle Austria Mislang, Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Barriers and Facilitators for the Implementation of Geriatric Oncology Principles in Mexico: A Mixed-Methods Study

JCO Global Oncology, 2022
PURPOSEThere is limited information regarding the use of the geriatric assessment (GA) for older adults with cancer in developing countries. We aimed to describe geriatric oncology practice among Mexican oncology professionals and to identify barriers ...
Haydee C. Verduzco-Aguirre, Laura M. Bolaño Guerra, Eva Culakova, Javier Monroy Chargoy, Hector Martínez-Said, Gregorio Quintero Beulo, Supriya G. Mohile, Enrique Soto-Perez-De-Celis   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prehabilitation in geriatric oncology [PDF]

Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 2020
With advancing age, older adults with cancer often face reductions in functional capacity and comorbid conditions become more prevalent. An overall state of deconditioning can be further exacerbated by a combination of sedentary behaviour and malnutrition that independently contribute to cachexia, morbidity and mortality.
Santa Mina, Daniel, Alibhai, Shabbir M.H
openaire   +3 more sources