Geriatric assessment tools, including CGA, offer superior prognostic value over traditional performance measures in older DLBCL patients. Comprehensive geriatric assessments reveal frailty levels, ...

ASCO has issued updated guidelines on evaluation and management of vulnerabilities in patients aged 65 years and older prior to initiating systemic cancer treatment. The updated recommendations, ...

Many patients demonstrate impairment in several of the domains described above. Problems with managing medications, nutrition and driving are a consequence of many medical and functional impairments, ...

Telehealth geriatric assessment significantly improved short-term outcomes for older adults with advanced cancers. Brazilian study showed better physical function, psychological status, and quality of ...

High rates of vulnerability on a geriatric assessment were identified in a cohort of fit patients aged 60 years or older with acute myeloid leukemia.

Understanding the needs of older adults and geriatric medicine could be of real importance as the world's population shifts and the issue impacts more people. Elderly is an age descriptor used to ...

An unprecedented demographic shift is underway. By 2040, 80 million Americans will be over 65. The rapidly growing subgroup of elders age 85 and older (geriatricians and gerontologists call them "very ...

Older individuals generally place high value on 'aging in place' – maintaining independence and remaining in their own home. [1] If maintaining this function is the focus of care for the older patient ...