Geriatric assessment for the practicing clinician: The why, what, and how

A Magnuson, KP Loh, F Stauffer, W Dale… - CA: A Cancer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Older adults with cancer heterogeneously experience health care, treatment, and symptoms.
Geriatric assessment (GA) offers a comprehensive evaluation of an older individual's health …

Older adults with cancer and their caregivers—current landscape and future directions for clinical care

S Kadambi, KP Loh, R Dunne, A Magnuson… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite substantial improvements in the outcomes of patients with cancer over the past two
decades, older adults (aged≥ 65 years) with cancer are a rapidly increasing population and …

Communication with older patients with cancer using geriatric assessment: a cluster-randomized clinical trial from the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology …

SG Mohile, RM Epstein, A Hurria, CE Heckler… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Older patients with cancer and their caregivers worry about the effects of cancer
treatment on aging-related domains (eg, function and cognition). Quality conversations with …

Assessment of financial toxicity among older adults with advanced cancer

A Arastu, A Patel, SG Mohile, J Ciminelli… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Financial toxicity (FT), unintended and unanticipated financial burden
experienced by cancer patients undergoing cancer care, is associated with negative …

Quality of life in caregivers of cancer patients: a literature review

MD Guerra-Martín, MDR Casado-Espinosa… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Cancer constitutes one of the principal causes of morbi-mortality in the
world and generates an important loss of patients' self-sufficiency. People who are their …

A systematic review of interventions for family caregivers who care for patients with advanced cancer at home

S Ahn, RD Romo, CL Campbell - Patient education and counseling, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the characteristics of interventions to support family caregivers of
patients with advanced cancer. Methods Five databases (CINAHL, Medline, PsycINFO, Web …

Social support for older adults with cancer: Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology review paper

S Kadambi, E Soto-Perez-de-Celis, T Garg… - Journal of geriatric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Older adults with cancer have increasing needs in physical, cognitive, and emotional
domains, and they can experience decline in all domains with the diagnosis and treatment …

Inequities among cancer caregivers with diverse identities: a review of the literature and future directions

KR Tan, AR Waters, Q Chen, BA Hendricks… - Current Oncology …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The number of older adults with cancer relying on support from
caregivers continues to increase. Health disparities in older adults with cancer often extend …

[HTML][HTML] Caring for the caregiver: a systematic review characterising the experience of caregivers of older adults with advanced cancers

JJ Adashek, IM Subbiah - ESMO open, 2020 - Elsevier
The steady advances in oncology bring a host of therapeutic options for older adults (≤ 65
years old) with cancer. As these patients experience this proliferation of anticancer …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of uncertainty with psychological health and quality of life in older adults with advanced cancer

HC Verduzco-Aguirre, D Babu, SG Mohile… - Journal of pain and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Context Older adults with advanced cancer face uncertainty related to their disease and
treatment. Objectives To evaluate the associations of uncertainty with psychological health …