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Aging poses an unique opportunity to study cancer biology and treatment in older adults. Breast cancer is often studied in young women; however, much investigation remains to be done on breast cancer in our expanding elderly population. Diagnostic and management strategies applicable to younger patients cannot be empirically used to manage older breast cancer patients. Lack of evidence-based data...
Few studies have assessed the presentation, management, and outcome of anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) in elderly patients in the temozolomide era. We retrospectively reviewed 42 consecutive patients aged >65 years with newly-diagnosed AA who underwent surgical resection or biopsy between 2003 and 2008. Median age and KPS score were 73 years (range, 66–88) and 80 (range, 50–90), respectively. Thirty-two...
Résumé Le vieillissement de la population entraîne une augmentation de l’incidence du cancer bronchique chez la personne âgée et environ un tiers des cancers bronchiques surviennent au-delà de 70 ans. Les caractéristiques épidémiologiques diffèrent par rapport aux sujets plus jeunes en ce qui concerne la proportion de femmes et de non-fumeurs qui augmentent avec l’âge. Le traitement a long-temps été...
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