ArticleEcancermedicalscience2012
Cancer in older patients: an analysis of elderly oncology.
Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Palbociclib in Older Patients with Advanced/Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.Targeted oncology · 2024Pooled it
- The Influence of Muscle Morphology on Oncological Outcomes: A Review.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2025Review
- Effects of Age Among Elderly Cancer Patients on Breakthrough Pain Management with Sublingual Fentanyl Tablets.Drugs in R&D · 2019Article
- The impact of cancer campaigns in Brazil: a Google Trends analysis.Ecancermedicalscience · 2019Article
- Frailty and quality of life among older people with and without a cancer diagnosis: Findings from TOPICS-MDS.PloS one · 2017Article
- Geriatric oncology: problems with under-treatment within this population.Cancer biology & medicine · 2015Review
- Geriatric Assessment as a Predictor of Delirium and Other Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Cancer.Annals of surgery · 2015Article
- Choices in surgery for older women with breast cancer.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) · 2012Review
- Adjuvant chemotherapy in stage II-III operated colon cancer patients from a nontrial cohort in a low colon cancer prevalence country with predominant use of modified CAPOX.South Asian journal of cancerArticle
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Abstract
Is it possible to define when someone is elderly? The worldwide population is growing not only in number but also in age; it is estimated that the population will increase to around 750 million by 2021. Two thirds of cancer occurs in the over 65 age groups. With an increasing elderly population, it can be derived that cancer will become a more prevalent condition. The burden of cancer on the medical profession will be even more apparent than before. In addition the elderly age group has different needs compared with younger oncology patients; there can be no 'rule of thumb' with the management of elderly illness. Factors such as frailty are significant when treating cancer in the older patients. The assessment of quality of life in older patients with cancer is also an important factor. Is it best for a patient to enjoy life as it is with cancer or aim for increased life expectancy by undertaking treatment with the threat of morbidity however severe during that period? The volume of scientific evidence currently available to support all the issues in geriatric oncology is greatly limited; almost all treatments designed for oncology are being tested in randomized clinical trials preferentially using younger cohorts of patients. Changes need to be made in order to further this field of medicine. Geriatric oncology is no longer a palliative field, as a healthy active life can now be expected by some older patients. The burden of oncology in the elderly will need to take a modern approach regarding the management of these patients.
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