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1 Απρ 2021 · There are limited data on the role for chemotherapy in patients > 80 years old with advanced stage non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). We used the National Cancer Database (NCDB) to evaluate treatment patterns and outcomes for patients ≥80 years old with advanced NSCLC.
Of the 4689 patients treated with chemotherapy over the 5 year period, 133 patients (3%) were ≥ 80 years old. The median age was 83 years. 61% were females and 39% were males. 16% had hematologic tumors and 84% had solid tumors.
15 Ιαν 2010 · In this review, we address some of the issues and challenges surrounding the treatment of older cancer patients, including the withholding of medically appropriate treatment based on chronologic age, the historical omission of elderly from clinical trials, and the impact of geriatric assessment, and age-related changes in pharmacokinetics and ...
14 Μαΐ 2021 · Adjuvant chemotherapy along with one year of trastuzumab is recommended as a standard approach in older patients with no cardiac dysfunction and early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer ≥0·5 cm (level 2); preferred chemotherapy options include the use of taxanes without anthracyclines, for example in the form of four cycles of docetaxel ...
13 Δεκ 2017 · An overall approach to delivering radiotherapy to an older cancer patient requires a comprehensive assessment of both physical and nonphysical factors that may impact treatment outcome. Patient and family-centered communication is also an important part of developing a shared understanding of illness and reasonable expectations of treatment. 1.
We investigated the feasibility of chemotherapy in the oldest old and performed a singl-centre retrospective analysis of patients aged ≥80 years initiating chemotherapy for one of five common solid malignancies or non-Hodgkin lymphoma between 2010 and 2016.
In this cohort study of patients older than 80 years who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer, findings suggest that age alone should not preclude patients from curative intent with surgery and chemotherapy.
