Geriatric Oncology News

Older cancer survivors have an increased risk for pelvic and vertebral bone fracture compared with older adults without a history of cancer, research published in JAMA Oncology showed.

Cancer is a disease that disproportionately affects the elderly, and current guidelines recommend a comprehensive geriatric assessment for older patients with cancer.

Adults aged older than 70 years expressed the same level of interest in participating in cancer clinical trials as younger adults, according to study results in a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

Bladder cancer disproportionately affects older individuals, with diagnosis occurring at a median age of 73 years.

Gerontology researchers and hematologic oncology investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have devised a scale for assessing high-risk medications in older patients with blood cancers.

Well-educated, white patients with cancer used medical aid in dying more than any other demographic, according to a study published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

A patient aged 72 years with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome presents at a community hematology/oncology clinic.

Functional status is an important factor to consider when evaluating the overall health of older patients, especially those with cancer.

CHICAGO — Second-line therapy with lisocabtagene maraleucel induced initial complete remission among more than half of patients with relapsed or refractory transplant-ineligible large B-cell lymphoma, results from a phase 2 trial showed.

CHICAGO – Healio gathered the best, brightest and boldest group of oncologists during the ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago to celebrate our inaugural Healio Disruptive Innovators.