Cancer and aging: two tightly interconnected biological processes

L Berben, G Floris, H Wildiers, S Hatse - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As life expectancy is increasing, the older population is rapidly growing.
However, older patients with cancer are still underrepresented in clinical trials, making …

Cancer care for people with dementia: Literature overview and recommendations for practice and research

L Ashley, C Surr, R Kelley, M Price… - CA: A Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As many countries experience population aging, patients with cancer are becoming older
and have more preexisting comorbidities, which include prevalent, age‐related, chronic …

Delivering palliative and supportive care for older adults with cancer: interactions between palliative medicine and geriatrics

A Castelo-Loureiro, A Perez-de-Acha, AC Torres-Perez… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Advanced cancer represents the most common reason for needing
palliative care among older adults worldwide. Unfortunately, older adults face several …

Understanding and identifying ways to improve hospital-based cancer care and treatment for people with dementia: an ethnographic study

L Ashley, R Kelley, A Griffiths, F Cowdell… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Providing cancer care and treatment for ageing populations with complicating
comorbidities like dementia is a growing global challenge. This study aimed to examine the …

The role of nurse on the treatment decision support for older people with cancer: a systematic review

H Komatsu, Y Komatsu - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The number of older adults with cancer is increasing worldwide. The role of
nurses in supporting patients' decision-making is expanding, as this process is fraught with …

Impact of comorbid dementia on patterns of hospice use

MD Aldridge, L Hunt, M Husain, L Li… - Journal of palliative …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: The evidence base for understanding hospice use among persons with
dementia is almost exclusively based on individuals with a primary terminal diagnosis of …

[HTML][HTML] Is there evidence of age bias in breast cancer health care professionals' treatment of older patients?

D Neal, JL Morgan, R Kenny, T Ormerod… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Despite NICE (2009; 2018) guidelines to treat breast cancer patients
'irrespective of age', older women experience differential treatment and worse outcomes …

Experiences of hospital care for people with multiple long-term conditions: a scoping review of qualitative research

S Bellass, T Scharf, L Errington, K Bowden Davies… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Multiple long-term conditions—the co-existence of two or more chronic health
conditions in an individual—present an increasing challenge to populations and healthcare …

A comparison of end-of-life care patterns between older patients with both cancer and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias versus those with only cancer

X Weng, C Shen, LJ Van Scoy, M Boltz, M Joshi… - Journal of Geriatric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Aggressive end-of-life (EOL) care that is not aligned with the preferences of
persons with cancer has negative impacts on their quality of life. Alzheimer's disease and …

Involvement, topics, and roles of nurses in shared decision‐making with patients with dementia in acute hospitals: An integrative review

A Keuning‐Plantinga, J Stoffels, PF Roodbol… - Nursing …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To describe nurses' roles, involvement, and topics in shared decision‐making with older
patients with dementia in acute hospitals. Design An integrative review. Methods A …