Geriatric Oncology News

Cancer incidence has continued to rise in the U.S. since the 1990s — particularly among women and younger adults, according to an American Cancer Society report.

Healio will present its fourth annual Disruptive Innovators Awards for oncology/hematology this spring.

Allison J. Applebaum, PhD, will lead the new Center for Caregiving at Mount Sinai.

Clinicians in acute or post-acute care settings may delay or avoid serious illness conversations with patients whose cancer prognoses are worsening out of deference to the patient’s oncologist, according to study findings.

Older adults diagnosed with a blood cancer exhibited similar rates of cognitive decline as cancer-free controls, according to study results.

Older adults undergoing cancer treatment exhibited reduced risk for falling if they had discussions about physical activity with their health care provider, according to study results.

ORLANDO, Fla. — An analysis of the gut microbiome among individuals who survived cancer revealed a significant association between the gut-brain axis, particularly in gut microbiota, metabolism and cognitive function, according to a poster.

Bariatric surgery did not reduce risk for obesity-related cancer or cardiovascular disease compared with nonoperative treatment among adults aged at least 60 years, according to results of a population-based cohort study.

Older patients who had a primary care visit within 90 days after cancer surgery exhibited significantly reduced mortality risk, according to retrospective study results.