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Cancer in the older person

Part of: Bespoke shallow archive Weizmann

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Peter Stephens
Peter Stephens*
Affiliation:
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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Address for correspondence: Peter Stephens, Northern Centre for Cancer Care, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE7 7DN, UK. Email: [email protected]
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The challenges of treating malignant disease in the older population are gaining greater prominence. In the last 10 years the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has established a task force to examine challenges of managing older cancer patients. As an indication of their importance, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) specifically addressed the issues raised by older patients at their annual conference in 2004.

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Clinical gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , November 2008 , pp. 313 - 321
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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