What Every Oncologist Should Know About Geriatric Assessment for Older Patients With Cancer: Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology Position Paper What Every Oncologist Should Know About ...

Although concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) increases survival in patients with inoperable, locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), there is no consensus on the treatment of elderly ...

Frailty is a syndrome associated with increased vulnerability and an important predictor of outcomes in older cancer patients. Systematic assessments to identify frailty are seldom applied, and ...

How Did a Multi-Institutional Trial Show Feasibility of Electronic Data Capture in Older Patients With Cancer? Results From a Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study (Alliance A171902) A total of one ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An advanced practice nurse-led clinic conducted via telehealth proved a safe approach for geriatric assessment ...

A nurse-led comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department (ED) reduced hospital admissions by 11.6% for older adults, without extending ED stays or boosting return visits, a recent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ASCO has issued updated guidelines on evaluation and management of vulnerabilities in patients aged 65 years and ...

Credit: Getty Images Nurse practitioners call for routine assessment for geriatric syndromes, including screening for frailty, cognitive impairment, and malnutrition. As patients live longer, it ...

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 ...