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. 2008 Jul;4(4):190-2.

doi: 10.1200/JOP.0846001.

Geriatric oncology: past, present, future

Arati V Rao¹, Arti Hurria, Gretchen Kimmick, Sandro Pinheiro, Pearl H Seo

Affiliations

PMID: 20856771
PMCID: PMC2793949
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.0846001

Geriatric oncology: past, present, future

Arati V Rao et al. J Oncol Pract. 2008 Jul.

. 2008 Jul;4(4):190-2.

doi: 10.1200/JOP.0846001.

Authors

Arati V Rao¹, Arti Hurria, Gretchen Kimmick, Sandro Pinheiro, Pearl H Seo

Affiliation

¹ Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; City of Hope, Duarte CA; Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.

PMID: 20856771
PMCID: PMC2793949
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.0846001

Abstract

Efforts to integrate geriatric oncology principles in the training of all medical oncologists are underway.

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