Polypharmacy
638 Polypharmacy Ginah Nightingale and Manpreet K. Boparai BACKGROUND Men and women aged 65 years or older are the biggest consumers of medications (1). Nearly one-third of community-dwelling adults aged…
Communication With Cognitively Impaired Older Adults and Their Families
26527 Communication With Cognitively Impaired Older Adults and Their Families Rebecca Saracino, Christian J. Nelson, and Andrew J. Roth Cancer steadily increases in prevalence as people age (1). Simultaneously, communication…
Geriatric Assessment
10713 Geriatric Assessment Sincere McMillan and Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki INTRODUCTION A primary determination when considering appropriate therapy for an older patient with cancer is the patient’s functional age. The aging process…
Social Isolation and Caregiver Burden
9912 Social Isolation and Caregiver Burden Linda Mathew and Carolyn Fulton INTRODUCTION More than 16 million Americans are currently living with a diagnosis of cancer; accordingly, the need for cancer…
Anxiety and Depression in Older Cancer Patients
9111 Anxiety and Depression in Older Cancer Patients Rebecca Saracino, Christian J. Nelson, and Andrew J. Roth INTRODUCTION Older adults with cancer often develop symptoms of anxiety and depression, which…
Biologic Markers of Frailty
314 Biologic Markers of Frailty Kah Poh Loh, Nikesha Haynes-Gilmore, Allison Magnuson, and Supriya G. Mohile BIOLOGIC MARKERS OF FRAILTY Older adults with cancer are a heterogeneous population, and their…
Introduction to Geriatric Oncology
31 Introduction to Geriatric Oncology Stuart M. Lichtman INTRODUCTION Age is the single most important risk factor for developing cancer, with 60% of all newly diagnosed malignant tumors and 70%…
