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ReviewCancer biology & medicine2015

Geriatric oncology: problems with under-treatment within this population.

Divya Swaminathan, Vikram Swaminathan

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Review in Cancer biology & medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  14. Challenges in Geriatric Oncology-A Surgeon's Perspective.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022
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  15. Revisiting surgical management of breast cancer in a geriatric population.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2022
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  19. Patients 80 + have similar medication initiation rates to those aged 50-79 in Ontario FLS.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Divya Swaminathan1 Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK ; 2 Health Education North West, Liverpool L3 4BL, UK.
Vikram Swaminathan1 Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK ; 2 Health Education North West, Liverpool L3 4BL, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We are currently faced with an aging population, which is rapidly growing worldwide. Two thirds of cancer occurs in the over 65-year age group. Societal conceptions from the past have created ageist stereotypes; old age is associated with frailty and the elderly are perceived to be destined for deterioration and loss of independence. Cancer within the elderly is also subject to these stereotypes, with elderly cancer patients considered by some not as likely to recover as younger patients with cancer. We summarise and review the current concerns regarding elderly management and treatments utilised for the management of oncological disease in the elderly, and discuss the impact of under-treatment within this population.

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Cancerelderlygeriatric oncologymanagement

Identifiers

PMID26779364
PMCPMC4706517

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