TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Common Cancers
A1  - Wong, Melisa L.
A1  - Loh, Kah Poh
A1  - Sedrak, Mina S.
A1  - Williams, Grant R.
A1  - Pollock, YaoYao G.
A1  - Dale, William
A2  - Walter, Louise C.
A2  - Chang, Anna
A2  - Chen, Pei
A2  - Harper, G. Michael
A2  - Rivera, Josette
A2  - Conant, Rebecca
A2  - Lo, Daphne
A2  - Yukawa, Michi
PY  - 2021
T2  - Current Diagnosis & Treatment Geriatrics, 3e
AB  - With  the  rapidly  growing  number  of  older  adults  in  the  United  States,  an  estimated  70%  of  all  new  cancer  diagnoses  will  be  in  adults  age  65  and  older  by  2030.  Similarly,  by  2040,  the  number  of  older  cancer  survivors  is  expected  to  increase  to  19.1  million.  Caring  for  older  adults  with  cancer  provides  a  unique  challenge  for  clinicians,  whether  the  goals  of  care  are  curative  or  palliative.  Curative  therapy  may  require  more  aggressive  and  potentially  morbid  treatment  with  surgery,  radiation,  systemic  therapy  (eg,  chemotherapy,  immunotherapy,  targeted  therapy),  or  a  multimodality  approach.  Such  aggressive  approaches  are  often  more  likely  to  cause  toxicity  in  older  patients,  who  tend  to  be  less  tolerant  of  current  therapies.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180017898
ER  -