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M M Kemeny1, E Busch-Devereaux, L T Merriam
1Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
|February 19, 2000
Abstract:
The incidence of most cancers increases with age. Although the risk for surgery increases in elderly patients who have comorbidities, evaluations of risk can allow interventions that may decrease morbidity and mortality. Appropriate treatments should be offered to the elderly until studies demonstrate the elderly can safely be managed differently from younger patients. The elderly should not be denied adequate treatment simply because of age.
