| Literature DB >> 24453295 |
Arti Hurria, Tanya Wildes, Sarah L Blair, Ilene S Browner, Harvey Jay Cohen, Mollie Deshazo, Efrat Dotan, Barish H Edil, Martine Extermann, Apar Kishor P Ganti, Holly M Holmes, Reshma Jagsi, Mohana B Karlekar, Nancy L Keating, Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki, June M McKoy, Bruno C Medeiros, Ewa Mrozek, Tracey O'Connor, Hope S Rugo, Randall W Rupper, Rebecca A Silliman, Derek L Stirewalt, William P Tew, Louise C Walter, Alva B Weir, Mary Anne Bergman, Hema Sundar.
Abstract
Cancer is the leading cause of death in older adults aged 60 to 79 years. The biology of certain cancers and responsiveness to therapy changes with the patient's age. Advanced age alone should not preclude the use of effective treatment that could improve quality of life or extend meaningful survival. The challenge of managing older patients with cancer is to assess whether the expected benefits of treatment are superior to the risk in a population with decreased life expectancy and decreased tolerance to stress. These guidelines provide an approach to decision-making in older cancer patients based on comprehensive geriatric assessment and also include disease specific issues related to age in the management of some cancer types in older adults.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24453295 DOI： 10.6004/jnccn.2014.0009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Natl Compr Canc Netw ISSN： 1540-1405 Impact factor: 11.908