Studies have shown that when older adults with cancer get a geriatric assessment, they have: Fewer severe side effects: ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An advanced practice nurse-led clinic conducted via telehealth proved a safe approach for geriatric assessment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Geriatric assessment was successfully implemented in 10 Dutch centers with 191 patients. The relevance of ...

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom — "Cancer care in the elderly must include a geriatrician," according to Margot Gosney, MD, professor of elderly care medicine at Reading University in the United Kingdom.

The assessment of chemotherapy risk in elderly cancer patients: Validation of the CRASH score in an Italian cohort. Diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in the vulnerable/frail elderly. A ...

Assessment of volume status in the elderly requires detailed clinical skills and investigation of prior events. Establishing the duration of fluid loss from diuresis, diarrhea, or vomiting can give an ...

Treatment approaches and survival outcomes of older patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer (LAEC) in Ireland. Validation of G8 and its acuracy as a predictor of object in oncological ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Older patients' survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer had a significant association with baseline vulnerabilities and quality-of-life (QoL) factors, beyond performance status, data ...

Older adults who had colorectal surgery were found to have reduced postoperative complications if they started the Geriatric Oncology Service. Starting the Geriatric Oncology Service (GOS) was found ...

Objective The value of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in the setting of chronic disease, regardless of age, has ...