کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2125290 1547260 2007 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Contribution of the geriatrician to the management of cancer in older patients
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی تحقیقات سرطان
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Contribution of the geriatrician to the management of cancer in older patients
چکیده انگلیسی

With an increasingly aged population, many patients will present with cancer in their 80s and 90s. Although some may be very fit, frail individuals will require the input of geriatricians to aid in the assessment of co-existing morbidity, in an attempt to assess those most likely to benefit from active treatment of their cancer, and those in whom the ‘giants of geriatric medicine’ require special consideration before undergoing definitive cancer therapy. The role of the geriatrician in assessment and management of such patients, together with communication and end of life care, may be more important in ensuring a good quality of life, than the cancer therapy itself.Whilst numbers of geriatricians will not be adequate to care for all elderly patients with cancer, a variety of assessment scales will help target financial and manpower resources to those most at risk.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: European Journal of Cancer - Volume 43, Issue 15, October 2007, Pages 2153–2160
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