Geriatric assessment and biomarkers in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving first-line mono-chemotherapy: Results from the randomized phase III PELICAN trial
Honecker F, Harbeck N, Schnabel C, Wedding U, Waldenmaier D, Saupe S, Jäger E, Schmidt M, Kreienberg R, Müller L, Otremba B, Dorn J, Warm [...]
The impact of postoperative complications on health-related quality of life in older patients with rectal cancer; a prospective cohort study
Couwenberg AM, de Beer FSA, Intven MPW, Burbach JPM, Smits AB, Consten ECJ, Schiphorst AHW, Wijffels NAT, de Roos MAJ, Hamaker ME, van Grevenstein WMU, [...]
In memory of Claude Jasmin: A prophet of Geriatric Oncology
Lodovico Balducci Journal of Geriatric Oncology DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2017.09.004
The SIOG Treviso course: Students’ perspective
Lund CM, O'Hanlon S. J Geriatr Oncol. 2017 Sep 22. pii: S1879-4068(17)30184-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2017.08.015. [Epub ahead of print]
Pearls of optimizing nutrition and physical performance of older adults undergoing cancer therapy
Antonio Vigano, Popi Kasvis, Jonathan Di Tomasso, Chelsia Gillis, Robert Kilgour, Franco Carli. Journal of Geriatric Oncology DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2017.08.013
Advances in geriatric oncology: a multidisciplinary perspective
Ponnandai Somasundar, Loïc Mourey, Laura Lozza, Stefania Maggi, Rob Stepney. Article Type: REVIEW; Radiotherapy; DOI:10.5301/tj.5000661 Tumori Journal
Challenges of conducting a prospective clinical trial for older patients: Lessons learned from NCCTG N0949 (alliance)
McCleary NJ, Hubbard J, Mahoney MR, Meyerhardt JA, Sargent D, Venook A, Grothey A. J Geriatr Oncol. 2017 Sep 13. pii: S1879-4068(17)30168-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2017.08.005. [Epub [...]
A prospective comparison of younger and older patients’ preferences for breast-conserving surgery versus mastectomy in early breast cancer
Hamelinck VC, Bastiaannet E, Pieterse AH, Merkus JWS, Jannink I, den Hoed IDM, van de Velde CJH, Liefers GJ, Stiggelbout AM. J Geriatr Oncol. 2017 [...]
Neoadjuvant chemoradiation is associated with improved overall survival in older patients with esophageal cancer
Guttmann DM, Mitra N, Metz JM, Plastaras J, Feng W, Swisher-McClure S. J Geriatr Oncol. 2017 Sep 5. pii: S1879-4068(17)30173-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2017.08.010. [Epub ahead of [...]
Malnutrition in older patients with cancer: Appraisal of the Mini Nutritional Assessment, weight loss, and body mass index
Zhang X, Sun M, McKoy JM, Bhulani NNA, Valero V, Barcenas CH, Popat UR, Sri MK, Shah JB, Dinney CP, Hedberg AM, Champlin R, Tripathy [...]
Time to Stop Saying Geriatric Assessment Is Too Time Consuming
Hamaker ME, Wildes TM, Rostoft S. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Jun 19:JCO2017728170. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.72.8170. [Epub ahead of print]
Health care use by older adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia at the end of life
Wang R, Zeidan AM, Halene S, Xu X, Davidoff AJ, Huntington SF, Podoltsev NA, Gross CP, Gore SD, Ma X. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Aug [...]
