TREATMENT OF CANCER IN THE OLDER AGED PERSON
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| author | Lodovico Balducci |
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| description | <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cancer is a disease of aging .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently 50% of all malignancies occur in individuals 65 and over and by the year 2030 older individuals will account for 70% of all neoplasms. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="src1"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the aging of the population the management of cancer in the older person with chemotherapy is beoming increasingly common. This treatment may be<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>safe and effective if some appropriate measures are taken, including, an assessment of the physiologic age of each patient, modification of doses according to the renal function, use of meyelopoietic growth factors prophylactically in presence of moderately toxic chemotherapy, and provision of an adequate caregiver. Cure, prolongation of survival, and symptom palliation are universal goals of medical treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prolongation of active life expectancy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>should be added to the treatment goal of the older aged person .</span></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></strong></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b96d55bf2a54e7390025f77789f075d2022-12-21T20:01:13ZengMattioli1885Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062010-05-0122e2010029e2010029TREATMENT OF CANCER IN THE OLDER AGED PERSONLodovico Balducci<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cancer is a disease of aging .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently 50% of all malignancies occur in individuals 65 and over and by the year 2030 older individuals will account for 70% of all neoplasms. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="src1"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the aging of the population the management of cancer in the older person with chemotherapy is beoming increasingly common. This treatment may be<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>safe and effective if some appropriate measures are taken, including, an assessment of the physiologic age of each patient, modification of doses according to the renal function, use of meyelopoietic growth factors prophylactically in presence of moderately toxic chemotherapy, and provision of an adequate caregiver. Cure, prolongation of survival, and symptom palliation are universal goals of medical treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prolongation of active life expectancy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>should be added to the treatment goal of the older aged person .</span></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></strong></p>http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/6510Cancer, Old PeopleChemotherapyActive Life |
| spellingShingle | Lodovico Balducci TREATMENT OF CANCER IN THE OLDER AGED PERSON Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases Cancer, Old People Chemotherapy Active Life |
| title | TREATMENT OF CANCER IN THE OLDER AGED PERSON |
| title_full | TREATMENT OF CANCER IN THE OLDER AGED PERSON |
| title_fullStr | TREATMENT OF CANCER IN THE OLDER AGED PERSON |
| title_full_unstemmed | TREATMENT OF CANCER IN THE OLDER AGED PERSON |
| title_short | TREATMENT OF CANCER IN THE OLDER AGED PERSON |
| title_sort | treatment of cancer in the older aged person |
| topic | Cancer, Old People Chemotherapy Active Life |
| url | http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/6510 |
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