“Early in life, as toddlers and youngsters, we accumulate skills, which we call activities of daily living (ADLs), such as dressing, eating and personal hygiene,” says Troen. “Unfortunately — and not ...

During the last decade, oncologists and geriatricians have begun to work together to integrate the principles of geriatrics into oncology care. The increasing use of a comprehensive geriatric ...

G8 as a screening tool for comprehensive geriatric assessment in patients with breast cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cancer is a disease that disproportionately affects the elderly, and current guidelines recommend a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients referred from a short-stay acute medical unit, those receiving a comprehensive geriatric ...

Researchers showed that integration of a comprehensive geriatric assessment with geriatrician-led management care improved quality of life for older adults with cancer. Researchers showed that the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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