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 ...

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

Palliative care as a predictor of healthcare resource use at end-of-life in adult Albertan lung cancer decedents between 2008-2015: A secondary data analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

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 ...

Advancements in medicine allow for complex procedures in advanced-age patients who are frail and vulnerable. Chronological age alone cannot effectively gauge frailty. Stressors affect a frail body ...

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 ...

Evaluation of factors that intervention of palliative care team contributes to quality-of-life improvement of Japanese patients with advanced cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2011 ...

Our physicians, geriatric nurse practitioner and social workers offer a variety of clinical services to older patients, including comprehensive geriatric assessment; in-hospital consultation; ...

In this review, we first provide a brief overview of frailty, including biologic mechanisms, measurement, and clinical management. This overview is followed by a discussion of approaches to ...