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ArticleClinical practice (London, England)

Comprehensive geriatric assessment in the older cancer patient: coming of age in clinical cancer care.

Cynthia Owusu, Nathan A Berger

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Article in Clinical practice (London, England). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Lung Cancer: New Directions in Senior Patients Assessment.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  14. T cell immune awakening in response to immunotherapy is age-dependent.European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) · 2022
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  16. Use of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Oncology Patients to Guide Treatment Decisions and Predict Chemotherapy Toxicity.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2021
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  17. Measuring Aging and Identifying Aging Phenotypes in Cancer Survivors.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2019
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  20. Renal Cancer in the Elderly.Current urology reports · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cynthia OwusuHematology-Oncolog Division, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Nathan A BergerHematology-Oncolog Division, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; Center for Science, Health and Society, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

Targeting 15-PGDH in Colon Cancer Prognosis, Prediction, Treatment and PreventionP50CA150964 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI MARKOWITZ, SANFORD D. · 2011 to 2022
$24.6M
Whole Exome Approaches for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Susceptibility GenesU54CA163060 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI CHAK, AMITABH, GUDA, KISHORE · 2011 to 2022
$14.0M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA150964NCI NIH HHS U54 CA163060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer care at the extremes of life, in the young and the old, is characterized by unique issues associated with pediatrics and geriatric medicine, accentuated by the special vulnerabilities of these groups. In response to these needs, the field of pediatric oncology has been well honed to deal with the special problems associated with juvenile cancer patients. While most adult oncologists consider themselves well prepared to deal with older cancer patients, the current expansion of the geriatric population - their variable levels of fitness, frailty and vulnerability, the fact that cancer is primarily a disease of older adults, the significant expansion of agents and approaches to treat cancer, as well as their resultant toxicities and complications - has led to the development of specialized geriatric oncologists. Moreover, the special characteristics and needs of these patients have led to the evolution of new guidelines for evaluation, management and the conduct of research in older patients with cancer.

Indexed as

CGA screening tests (VES-13, G8)comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)frailtyfunctional agegeriatric oncologyrisk factors for early death in geriatric oncology

Identifiers

PMID25642321
PMCPMC4308946
OpenAlexW2039402774

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