SIOG Clinical Practice Guidelines are intended to provide the user with a set of recommendations for the best standards of cancer care in older adults, based on the findings of evidence-based medicine. Published SIOG Guidelines are available below on the following topics: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Breast Cancer Comormidities COVID-19 Gastrointestinal Cancers Genitourinary Cancers Geriatric Assessment Hematologic Malignancies NSCLC Quality of Life Radiotherapy Skin Cancer Supportive Care Surgery Systemic Therapy Others SIOG Clinical Practice Guidelines are under development on the following topics: Autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients CGA interventions in older patients with cancer Corticosteroid therapy in the older cancer patient: Expert recommendations from SIOG Immunotherapy in older adults Lung cancer screening Management of lung cancer in older patients Radiation therapy Treatment of ovarian cancer in older adults – Development of treatment algorithms and educational programs Update on the management of prostate [...]

Brochures What to ask your surgeon? What to ask your oncologist? Videos “A decade of reporting on SIOG Annual Conferences and the deliberations of the prostate cancer Task Force gave me a good understanding of what to expect when I was diagnosed with the tumour. Even so, the change from elderly writer to elderly patient required some adjustment!” – Rob Stepney This documentary was made by Oxford Sparks, the University of Oxford’s digital science engagement programme. Engaging Patient Advocates in Geriatric Oncology Research - SIOG 2021 Virtual Annual Conference Chairs: Allison Magnuson (US) & Beverly Canin (US) 1. Overview of topic a. Rationale for inclusion of patient advocates in all phases of research b. Describe development of infrastructure for this in the US 2. Specific examples of patient advocates involvement in geriatric [...]

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With the increasing awareness of the relevance of geriatric oncology, there are increasing training and research opportunities worldwide. However, most of these are not well advertised and there is no centralized location where interested trainees can easily find this information. SIOG has collected and published a comprehensive database of training and research opportunities in geriatric oncology available worldwide. This project has been supported by the Young SIOG interest group. SIOG acknowledges the following SIOG members for extensive contribution to the project. Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti (UK/IT), Silvio Monfardini (IT), Nienke de Glas (NL), Ron Maggiore (US), Capucine Baldini (FR), Manuel Rodrigues (FR), Tina Hsu (CND) and Kah Poh Loh (US). NB: SIOG performs regular updates of this database. We do however rely on the support from the geriatric oncology community to provide us with updates regarding any new training or research program or any new developments on [...]