Geriatric Oncology - Cancer Consult: Expertise for Clinical Practice - Wiley Online Library

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Geriatric Oncology

Nayana Kamath

University of Rochester James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Rochester, NY, USA

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Supriya Gupta Mohile,

Supriya Gupta Mohile

University of Rochester James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Rochester, NY, USA

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Nayana Kamath

University of Rochester James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Rochester, NY, USA

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Supriya Gupta Mohile,

Supriya Gupta Mohile

University of Rochester James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Rochester, NY, USA

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Book Editor(s):Syed A. Abutalib MD,

Syed A. Abutalib MD

Assistant Director

Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Midwestern Regional Medical Center; Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Zion, IL, USA

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Maurie Markman MD,

Maurie Markman MD

Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs

National Director of Medical Oncology, Cancer Treatment Centers of America; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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First published: 20 June 2014

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118589199.ch128

Summary

This chapter presents a series of questions related to geriatric oncology. It commences with a discourse on importance of geriatric oncology, and ends with a question of how can information from the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) be incorporated into oncology clinical care. The other questions include what is the CGA, what factors affect health status in older adults, and what is frailty.

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Cancer Consult: Expertise for Clinical Practice

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