Geriatric Assessment

SAN DIEGO — Older individuals experience reduced immune activity and increased inflammation that often resemble rheumatic and autoimmune diseases, according to data presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

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

Older men without dementia who self-reported fraud victimization were more likely to experience significant increases in BP over time compared with men who did not report being victims of fraud, researchers reported.

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

Older Black adults with newly diagnosed gastrointestinal malignancies appeared more likely to be frail and report functional impairments than their white counterparts, according to study results published in Cancer.

Machine learning gives us a somewhat different lens for understanding data. It should not be an exclusive approach, but it could augment our understanding of this population of patients.

Addressing inequities in health care has become a priority across all branches of medicine, including oncology.

Use of personalized interventions significantly reduced grade 3 or higher chemotherapy-related toxicity among patients with cancer aged 65 years or older, randomized trial results showed.

An advanced practice nurse-led clinic conducted via telehealth proved a safe approach for geriatric assessment implementation, according to study results presented at the virtual Oncology Nursing Society Congress.

Among patients referred from a short-stay acute medical unit, those receiving a comprehensive geriatric assessment at home had similar clinical outcomes as those who received the same assessment in the hospital, data show.