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Cancer in the elderly: tailoring treatment
1Senior Adult Oncology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA.
Hospital Practice (1995)
|March 29, 2000
Abstract:
The body's ability to meet the stresses of cancer therapy declines in later life. Because the decline may vary from minimal to profound and is only weakly linked to chronologic age, a thorough functional assessment should be undertaken in all elderly cancer patients. The results can guide decisions about how to treat the cancer.