Geriatric Oncology News

Among elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia, survival outcomes for those who received an allogenic stem cell transplant have improved significantly over the past 2 decades, according to data published in Clinical Cancer Research.

Medicare recipients with various cancer types had more frequent surgical complications when they also had at least one behavioral health disorder, according to study results published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Researchers at University of Central Florda developed an educational game to help older adults with cancer manage chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting.

The COVID-19 pandemic became a stressful, disruptive experience for people of all ages and health statuses around the world.

President Joe Biden today announced his intention to appoint oncologist, researcher and educator, W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, as director of the NCI.

Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy conferred 100% disease control and cancer-specific survival over a 3-year follow-up period among older adults with inoperable kidney cancer, results from a phase 2 study showed.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has retained its distinction as the No. 1 cancer hospital in the country.

ASCO has issued updated guidelines on evaluation and management of vulnerabilities in patients aged 65 years and older prior to initiating systemic cancer treatment.

CHICAGO — Healio | HemOnc Today gathered the best, brightest and boldest in oncology for its second annual Disruptive Innovators Awards.

CHICAGO — A split-dose approach to the standard R-CHOP chemotherapy regimen resulted in a 71% complete response rate among older adults with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, results from a phase 2 study showed.