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Supportive care vital in elderly cancer patients

A report from the 2015 annual conference of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), which focused on the role of supportive care in geriatric oncology

Author: Rob Stepney

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 6/2016

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All cancer patients need supportive care, and in elderly cancer patients, the need is especially great. Since a large proportion of cancer patients seen in everyday practice is elderly, the rationale for close collaboration between geriatric oncology and supportive care specialists is clear. Current demographic trends reinforce the logic behind this partnership. So it was helpful and timely that the recent annual conference of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), held in Prague, Czech Republic, in November 2015, enjoyed the active participation of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). …

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Title: Supportive care vital in elderly cancer patients
A report from the 2015 annual conference of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), which focused on the role of supportive care in geriatric oncology
Author: Rob Stepney
Publication date: 01-06-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3172-8

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