Geriatric Cancer

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.

Frailty assessments are important predictors of future health outcomes among geriatric patients with hematologic malignancies.

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

Andrew Chapman, DO, FACP, has been named director of Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center — Jefferson Health.

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.

Similar proportions of older women with node-negative and node-positive early breast cancer had Oncotype Dx breast recurrence scores that would qualify them for adjuvant chemotherapy, according to study results.

Second-line therapy with axicabtagene ciloleucel conferred a greater than eightfold increase in median EFS compared with standard-of-care treatment for older patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to phase 3 study results.