Cancer

New cancer research reported from J.P. Michel and co-authors

Published in Elder Law Weekly, June 17th, 2009

"The recent distinction between co-morbidity and multi-morbidity well stresses the difficulty of managing old patients with cancer whose complexity is not captured by a list of diagnoses or biological burden alone. The most adequate answer found by oncologists and geriatricians was to work together for better evaluating the physiological age and body reserve of the patient," scientists in Geneva, Switzerland report.

"The gold standard tool to assess old patient with cancer is named Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Its systematic application needs geriatric competences and time. In this context, a great number of cancer patients are considered as ''frail'' because...

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Source: Elder Law Weekly (2009-06-17)

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