Most cancers occur in older people and the burden in this age group is *** the past two decades theevidence on how best to treat this population has increased ***,implementation of new best practices has been slow an...
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Most cancers occur in older people and the burden in this age group is *** the past two decades the evidence on how best to treat this population has increased ***,implementation of new best practices has been slow and needs involvement of *** perspective paper explains why older people with cancer have different needs than the wider *** overview is given of the recommended approach for older people with cancer and its benefits on clinical outcomes and *** older patients,the geriatric assessment(GA)is the gold standard to measure level of fitness and to determine treatment *** GA,with multiple domains of physical health,functional status,psychological health and socio-environmental factors,prevents initiation of inappropriate oncologic treatment and recommends geriatric interventions to optimize the patient’s general health and thus resilience for receiving *** studies have proven its benefits such as reduced toxicity,better quality of life,better patient-centred communication and lower healthcare *** GA might require investment of time and resources,this is relatively small compared to the improved outcomes,possible cost-savings and compared to the large cost of oncologic treatments as a whole.
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