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Cancer and older people
1Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care, University of Central England, Birmingham.
Nursing Older People
|April 29, 2003
Abstract:
This article considers some causes of cancer, diagnostic assessments and treatment options, as well as some of the myths surrounding the appropriate care of older people with cancer. It stresses the importance of employing the specialist knowledge of gerontological and cancer professionals in caring for the older person with cancer, and emphasises the central role of the nurse in delivering effective care.