How Should We Treat Elderly Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients?
María-Victoria Mateos Oncology & Hematology Review, 2015;11(1):43–9 (Touch Oncology)
The prevalence and outcomes of frailty in older cancer patients: a systematic review
Handforth C, Clegg A, Young C, Simpkins S, Seymour MT, Selby PJ, Young J. Ann Oncol. 2015 Jun;26(6):1091-101. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu540. Epub 2014 Nov 17. (Annals [...]
Benefits and harms of mammography screening after age 74 years: model estimates of overdiagnosis
van Ravesteyn NT, Stout NK, Schechter CB, Heijnsdijk EA, Alagoz O, Trentham-Dietz A, Mandelblatt JS, de Koning HJ. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2015 May 6;107(7). [...]
Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: An Age Limit for Combined Modality Therapy?
Bogart JA, Gajra A. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Oct 26. pii: JCO.2015.64.0888. [Epub ahead of print] (Journal of Clinical Oncology)
Role of Chemoradiotherapy in Elderly Patients With Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Corso CD, Rutter CE, Park HS, Lester-Coll NH, Kim AW, Wilson LD, Husain ZA, Lilenbaum RC, Yu JB, Decker RH. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Oct [...]
Clinical outcomes of elderly patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer
Jiang DM, Raissouni S, Mercer J, Kumar A, Goodwin R, Heng DY, Tang PA, Doll C, MacLean A, Powell E, Price-Hiller J, Monzon J, Cheung [...]
Evaluation of geriatric assessment in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Results of the CLL9 trial of the German CLL study group
Goede V, Bahlo J, Chataline V, Eichhorst B, Dürig J, Stilgenbauer S, Kolb G, Honecker F, Wedding U, Hallek M. Leuk Lymphoma. 2015 Oct 13:1-8. [...]
American Geriatrics Society 2015 Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
By the American Geriatrics Society 2015 Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Oct 8. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13702. (Wiley Online Library)
It’s time to move forward in geriatric oncology
Lembrecht Jørgensen T, Pfeiffer P. Acta Oncol. 2015 Oct 8:1-2. [Epub ahead of print] (Acta Oncologica)
How I treat refractory and early relapsed acute myeloid leukemia
Thol F, Schlenk RF, Heuser M, Ganser A. Blood. 2015 Jul 16;126(3):319-27. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-10-551911. Epub 2015 Apr 7.(Blood Journal)
International phase 3 study of azacitidine vs conventional care regimens in older patients with newly diagnosed AML with >30% blasts
Dombret H, Seymour JF, Butrym A, Wierzbowska A, Selleslag D, Jang JH, Kumar R, Cavenagh J, Schuh AC, Candoni A, Récher C, Sandhu I, Bernal [...]
The real world effectiveness of hematopoietic transplant among elderly individuals with multiple myeloma
Winn AN, Shah GL, Cohen JT, Lin PJ, Parsons SK. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2015 May 28;107(8). pii: djv139. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djv139. Print 2015 Aug. (Journal [...]