Over the past 20 years, both inpatient units and outpatient clinics have developed programs for geriatric evaluation and management. However, the effects of these interventions on survival and ...

Telehealth geriatric assessment significantly improved short-term outcomes for older adults with advanced cancers. Brazilian study showed better physical function, psychological status, and quality of ...

MIDDLEBURG HTS. — Seniors with mental or emotional problems now can turn to Southwest General Health Center for help. Southwest opened a new 18-bed geriatric behavioral health unit in December, after ...

Although concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) increases survival in patients with inoperable, locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), there is no consensus on the treatment of elderly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cancer is a disease that disproportionately affects the elderly, and current guidelines recommend a ...

Dr. Cris Bergerot and Dr. Enrique Soto join the podcast to discuss the new global guideline on geriatric assessment. This guideline provides evidence-based, resource-stratified recommendations across ...

Frailty is a syndrome associated with increased vulnerability and an important predictor of outcomes in older cancer patients. Systematic assessments to identify frailty are seldom applied, and ...

A new ward designed especially for dementia patients has opened at a Nottingham hospital. The £9.8m geriatric assessment unit opened at the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) on Thursday. It aims to see ...

Beyond Chronologic Age: Frailty, Geriatric Assessment, and Personalized Care for Older Adults With Genitourinary Cancer Authors: Peter L. Lee, MD, PhD, Carla Fitch, MD, Jason A. Efstathiou, MD, DPhil, ...