Managing the Older Cancer Patient at Home
It is estimated that by the year 2050, about 79 million individuals in the United States will be older than 65 years. Older adults are the fastest growing segment in…
ONCOLOGY
Long Term Effects and Cancer Survivorship in the Older Patient
CASE 24-1 CASE 1: OLDER BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR PRESENTATION M.H. is an 87-year-old woman who has been a breast cancer survivor for several years. She had been diagnosed 6 years…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Older Cancer Patient
CASE 21-1 CASE HISTORY J.D. is a 76-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer. She was diagnosed a little over 3 years ago with a 2.3 cm poorly differentiated…
The Role of Rehabilitation in the Older Patient with Cancer
CASE 22-1 B.S. is a 77-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer, diagnosed at age 56 when she was found to have a right upper quadrant breast mass on…
Nutritional Support for the Older Cancer Patient
CASE 20-1 CASE DESCRIPTION An 80-year-old man has had a several-year history of low-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma with a presacral mass and systemic light chain amyloidosis involving the heart, the…
Insomnia in Aging
This chapter will provide a broad overview of insomnia in aging, divided into three sections. The first section will review the epidemiologic literature as it relates to insomnia and aging….
Nausea and Vomiting
CASE 18-1 CASE PRESENTATION J.J., a 69-year-old woman, is a former smoker of 60 pack-years who presents with a stage IIIA (T2N2M0) primary lung adenocarcinoma. She was not considered a…
Cancer Pain in Elderly Patients
Pain is the most feared aspect of cancer for most patients and families. For cancer patients, pain often means the cancer is getting worse and death may be imminent. Pain…
Cancer-Related Fatigue in the Older Patient
CASE 17-1 CASE STUDY Mr. D is an 80-year-old man who has been diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer, with metastatic disease to the bones. He has a history of…
Clinical Trials in the Elderly
CASE 11-1 A 75-year-old man with a history of diabetes and hypertension presents with newly diagnosed colon cancer. He is diagnosed with stage IIIB cancer (T3N2A), with metastases found in…
