Practical Implementation of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Optimise Care for Older Adults with Cancer

Laura Tack; Patricia Schofield; Tom Boterberg; Rebecca Chandler; Christopher N. Parris; Philip R. Debruyne

doi:10.3390/geriatrics8010018

Geriatrics (Jan 2023)

Practical Implementation of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Optimise Care for Older Adults with Cancer

Laura Tack,
Patricia Schofield,
Tom Boterberg,
Rebecca Chandler,
Christopher N. Parris,
Philip R. Debruyne

Affiliations

Laura Tack: Department of Medical Oncology, Kortrijk Cancer Centre, General Hospital Groeninge, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
Patricia Schofield: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
Tom Boterberg: Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Rebecca Chandler: School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Chelmsford CM1 1SQ, UK
Christopher N. Parris: Medical Technology Research Centre (MTRC), School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
Philip R. Debruyne: Department of Medical Oncology, Kortrijk Cancer Centre, General Hospital Groeninge, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8010018
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
p. 18

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Whilst cancer remains a very serious health problem at any stage, cancer combined with increasing age creates an even more challenging situation for health care providers [...]

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Published in Geriatrics

ISSN: 2308-3417 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Geriatrics
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/geriatrics

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