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Half of Patients With Cancer Are Older Than 65: Do You Know How to Care for Older Adults?
Journal article

Half of Patients With Cancer Are Older Than 65: Do You Know How to Care for Older Adults?

Joseph D. Tariman
ONS connect, Vol.24(12), pp.8-11
12/01/2009
PMID: 20039566

Abstract

As many oncology clinicians can attest, the number of older adults diagnosed with cancer is increasing. On a daily basis, inpatient and outpatient oncology data show that patients aged 65 years and older are now being treated with complex chemotherapeutic regimens for various types of cancer.

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