24125 Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Older Patients Sergio Giralt INTRODUCTION In 1974, Thomas et al. published their seminal paper of the use of high-dose chemoradiotherapy followed by the infusion of…
31332 Palliation of Nonpain Symptoms Katherine Wang and Emily Chai INTRODUCTION A geriatric patient with cancer may experience symptoms—attributable to malignancy itself or to side effects of treatment—that significantly impact…
27328 Levels of Residential Care in the Elderly and the Role of Cancer Screening Miriam B. Rodin The logic of cancer screening makes certain assumptions about the population to be…
19521 Pancreatic Cancer Elizabeth Won INTRODUCTION In the United States, more than 48,000 patients are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer annually, and it is the fourth most common cause of cancer…
32333 Advance Care Planning Anca Dinescu DEFINITION AND RELEVANCE Advance care planning (ACP) is defined as the process in which individuals discuss and anticipate how their condition or poor health…
15317 Colorectal Cancer Armin Shahrokni INTRODUCTION Every year about 140,000 patients are diagnosed with colorectal cancer (1). Older cancer patients are disproportionally affected by it. About 29% and 43% of…
21621723 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Hodgkin Lymphoma Colette Owens and Paul A. Hamlin INTRODUCTION Lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of malignancies of B, T, and NK lymphocytes that comprise more than…
16118 Lung Cancer Shreya Sinha, Mariam Alexander, and Ajeet Gajra INTRODUCTION Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States (1). It was estimated that 224,390…
13315 Breast Cancer Shlomit Strulov Shachar, Trevor A. Jolly, Noam VanderWalde, and Hyman B. Muss INTRODUCTION Major advances in medical care and public health have resulted in dramatic increases in…
14516 Prostate Cancer in Elderly Patients Pedro Recabal, Chung-Han Lee, and Dana E. Rathkopf INTRODUCTION Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common malignancy among men, and the second leading cause…