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Chapter 41 - Cancer

from Section III - Care of the Elderly by Organ System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2022

By
Caroline Mariano ,
Hyman B. Muss  and
Chelsea Osterman
Edited by
Jan Busby-Whitehead ,
Samuel C. Durso ,
Christine Arenson ,
Rebecca Elon ,
Mary H. Palmer  and
William Reichel
Jan Busby-Whitehead
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Samuel C. Durso
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
Christine Arenson
Affiliation:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Rebecca Elon
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mary H. Palmer
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
William Reichel
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Medical Center
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Summary

Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the developed world. Age is a primary risk factor for developing cancer, and geriatric oncology is a rapidly emerging field that aims to address the specific needs of older patients with cancer. All clinicians who treat elderly patients should have knowledge of cancer risks, screening, and management principles. This chapter will review the principles of geriatric oncology, including geriatric assessment in the oncology population. We will then discuss the four most common solid tumors encountered in elderly patients: breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancer. Each section will include risk factors, screening and prevention, presentation, staging, prognosis, and multidisciplinary management of early- and late-stage disease.

Keywords

geriatric oncologygeriatric assessmentbreast cancerprostate cancercolorectal cancerlung cancerelderlycancerimmunotherapy
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Reichel's Care of the Elderly
Clinical Aspects of Aging
 , pp. 506 - 523
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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