ReviewThe oncologist2009
Untangling the complexities of depression diagnosis in older cancer patients.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.
- Towards a Better Understanding of the Factors Associated with Distress in Elderly Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Dealing with the lack of evidence to treat depression in older patients with cancer: French Societies of Geriatric Oncology (SOFOG) and PsychoOncology (SFFPO) position paper based on a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Pooled it
- The Difficult Task of Diagnosing Depression in Elderly People with Cancer: A Systematic Review.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2021Pooled it
- Are gold standard depression measures appropriate for use in geriatric cancer patients? A systematic evaluation of self-report depression instruments used with geriatric, cancer, and geriatric cancer samples.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2010Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Frailty and Emotional Health in Older Patients with Advanced Cancer.The oncologist · 2021Trial
- Depressive symptom trajectories in older breast cancer survivors: the Thinking and Living with Cancer Study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Attitudes, Knowledge and Clinical Practice of Health Professionals towards Psychological Disorders in Cancer Patients: An Observational Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Assessing patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient-related outcomes in randomized cancer clinical trials for older adults: Results of DATECAN-ELDERLY initiative.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2024Review
- How old is too old? Frailty and geriatric assessments of older patients undergoing allogeneic HCT.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2023Article
- Diagnostic Performance of Screening Tools for Depressive Symptoms in Vulnerable Older Patients with Cancer Undergoing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA): Results from the SCREEN Pilot Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Association between Quality of Life and Physical Functioning in a Gardening Intervention for Cancer Survivors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A prospective observational cohort study to screen major depressive disorders in geriatric oncology-Comparison of different scales.European journal of cancer care · 2022Observational
- Diagnostic Performance of the 4-Item Geriatric Depression Scale for Depression Screening in Older Patients with Cancer: The ELCAPA Cohort Study.The oncologist · 2021Article
- Association between depression and healthcare expenditures among elderly cancer patients.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Depression in the Elderly. Consensus Statement of the Spanish Psychogeriatric Association.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Identification and treatment of depressive disorders in older adults with cancer.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2019Review
- Depressive Symptom Profiles and Survival in Older Patients with Cancer: Latent Class Analysis of the ELCAPA Cohort Study.The oncologist · 2019Article
- A Practical Guide to Geriatric Syndromes in Older Adults With Cancer: A Focus on Falls, Cognition, Polypharmacy, and Depression.American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting · 2019Review
- Assessing depression in a geriatric cancer population.Psycho-oncology · 2017Article
- Assessing disruptions in adherence to antidepressant treatments after breast cancer diagnosis.Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety · 2017Article
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Abstract
This review article discusses the complexities of diagnosing depression in older, geriatric cancer patients. There has been little research conducted with this population on the assessment, recognition, and treatment of depression, and thus increased attention is required to improve care for these individuals. Depressive symptoms often manifest themselves differently in both cancer patients and older patients, and therefore a modified and adapted way of assessment must be employed when thinking about diagnosing and treating these patients.
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