| Can we better manage Unfit older cancer patients? | |
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PMID: 19481870 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The term Unfit refers to older cancer patients not amenable with standard treatment and needing therefore a modified or attenuated treatment or also not deserving an active therapeutic approach. To determine whether an old patient is Unfit a Multidimensional Geriatric Evaluation is needed, but to spare time, shortened tools of evaluation are now in a phase of development. Most of the available data on older cancer patients derive from clinical prospective studies carried out in a selected population, with the exclusion then of Unfit patients. The challenge of this special issue of CTR is that of providing a clinically useful information on the basis of the results of the available studies and expert opinion in the main tumor types. |
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Authors:
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Silvio Monfardini |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-05-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Cancer treatment reviews Volume: 35 ISSN: 1532-1967 ISO Abbreviation: Cancer Treat. Rev. Publication Date: 2009 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-09-30 Completed Date: 2009-10-14 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7502030 Medline TA: Cancer Treat Rev Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 485-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, 20149 Milano, Italy. silvio.monfardini@unipd.it |
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Aged Comorbidity Geriatric Assessment* Humans Neoplasms / therapy* |
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