Background Geriatric assessment is a multidisciplinary diagnostic process that evaluates the
older adult's medical, psychological, social, and functional capacity. No systematic review of …

This article presents an overview of the increasingly common condition of frailty, which by
and large lacks clarity of definition. A variety of sources provide this statement regarding …

The management of cancer in the older aged person is an increasingly common problem.
The questions arising from this problem are: Is the patient going to die with cancer or of …

Cancer is largely a disease of older people. With the relatively recent expansive growth
within the geriatric population, a number of pressing biological and clinical questions that …

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More than half of new cancers are diagnosed in elderly patients, but data from randomized
clinical trials do not represent the elderly population. Comprehensive geriatric assessment …

Product Description: We stand on the brink of unprecedented growth in our ability to
understand and change the human genome. New reproductive technologies now enable …

Objectives: To identify sociodemographic characteristics and health performance variables
associated with frailty in older Mexican Americans. Design: A prospective population‐based …

Objectives This study aims to evaluate the evolution of functional status (FS) 2 to 3 months
after initiation of chemotherapy, to identify factors associated with functional decline during …

Both in geriatric and internal medicine journals, and in medical textbooks certain
(aggregates of) symptoms are labelled as 'geriatric syndromes'. In frail elderly patients a …