Copyright © 2000 Australian Prescriber Reproduced with permission from Australian Prescriber The document attached has been archived with permission from the publisher/copyright holderElderly patients with advanced cancer must be allowed to balance the potential risks and benefits of treatment when deciding whether or not to have chemotherapy. The response rates to aggressive chemotherapy are similar in younger and older patients. Disease-related survival is often similar, although the older age group has more deaths due to comorbid illnesses. Factors complicating chemotherapy in the elderly are the physiological changes of ageing, the presence of comorbidities and polypharmacy. Deterioration in renal or hepatic function may force the doses...
A new subfield of oncology has emerged in the last twenty years to raise awareness and address the s...
A new subfield of oncology has emerged in the last twenty years to raise awareness and address the s...
International audienceIn clinical practice, older patients are often undertreated due to underrepres...
The number of elderly patients with malignancy is growing and is likely to have a major impact on re...
To evaluate the impact of chemotherapy in terms of feasibility and activity in elderly patients, we ...
Cancer is a disease of aging . Currently 50% of all malignancies occur in individuals 65 and over a...
This thesis presents a collection of work aiming to better understand and optimise decision-making a...
Elderly people form a large proportion of cancer patients. This has implications for cancer care, in...
The aim of this study was to determine the tolerability, safety and feasibility of chemotherapy in v...
This article reviews the principles of systemic cancer treatment in older individuals. These include...
Item does not contain fulltextOBJECTIVE: A retrospective study was performed to determine whether pa...
BackgroundAge is a major risk factor for development of sporadic colorectal cancer but elderly patie...
The burden of cancer in old age is increasing as a result from both the expanding number of older pe...
Background: Octogenarians represent a growing population reviewed in medical oncology clinics, yet t...
The aim of this study was to determine the benefits of chemotherapy for oesophago-gastric cancer (OG...
A new subfield of oncology has emerged in the last twenty years to raise awareness and address the s...
A new subfield of oncology has emerged in the last twenty years to raise awareness and address the s...
International audienceIn clinical practice, older patients are often undertreated due to underrepres...
The number of elderly patients with malignancy is growing and is likely to have a major impact on re...
To evaluate the impact of chemotherapy in terms of feasibility and activity in elderly patients, we ...
Cancer is a disease of aging . Currently 50% of all malignancies occur in individuals 65 and over a...
This thesis presents a collection of work aiming to better understand and optimise decision-making a...
Elderly people form a large proportion of cancer patients. This has implications for cancer care, in...
The aim of this study was to determine the tolerability, safety and feasibility of chemotherapy in v...
This article reviews the principles of systemic cancer treatment in older individuals. These include...
Item does not contain fulltextOBJECTIVE: A retrospective study was performed to determine whether pa...
BackgroundAge is a major risk factor for development of sporadic colorectal cancer but elderly patie...
The burden of cancer in old age is increasing as a result from both the expanding number of older pe...
Background: Octogenarians represent a growing population reviewed in medical oncology clinics, yet t...
The aim of this study was to determine the benefits of chemotherapy for oesophago-gastric cancer (OG...
A new subfield of oncology has emerged in the last twenty years to raise awareness and address the s...
A new subfield of oncology has emerged in the last twenty years to raise awareness and address the s...
International audienceIn clinical practice, older patients are often undertreated due to underrepres...