During the last decade, oncologists and geriatricians have begun to work together to integrate the principles of geriatrics into oncology care. The increasing use of a comprehensive geriatric ...

In Japan, the proportion of the population aged ≥ 65 years is increasing and expected to exceed 30% by 2025 1. Since the prevalence of cancer increases with age, the number of elderly patients with ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Our study has several limitations. First, it is a retrospective, single institution study with small sample size, which limits our ability to ...

Clinical predictors such as comorbidity burden and abnormal laboratory parameters were strongly linked to hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge among older adults with cancer, according to ...

A free tool aims to increase oncologists’ use of formal geriatric assessments (GAs) in older patients with cancer. Such assessments seek to measure factors beyond age that can affect a patient’s risk ...

Telehealth geriatric assessment significantly improved short-term outcomes for older adults with advanced cancers. Brazilian study showed better physical function, psychological status, and quality of ...

Geriatric assessment tools, including CGA, offer superior prognostic value over traditional performance measures in older DLBCL patients. Comprehensive geriatric assessments reveal frailty levels, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cancer is a disease that disproportionately affects the elderly, and current guidelines recommend a ...

A brief version of the traditional Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in primary care and community health settings could identify older adults with unmet needs or geriatric syndromes, but it doesn’t ...

Why this is important:- There was low quality evidence to indicate potential benefit from community assessments based on the principles of comprehensive geriatric assessment in older people. However, ...