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Review
. 2011 Oct:6 Suppl 1:115-8.
doi: 10.1007/s11739-011-0687-3.

Cancer in the elderly

Silvio Monfardini  1 , Cristina Falci, Antonella Brunello, Sara Lonardi, Umberto Basso
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Review

Cancer in the elderly

Silvio Monfardini et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

A considerable knowledge has been collected in the last 20 years through retrospective and prospective trials on the medical management of cancer in older patients. Today a better approach to prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-related complications in older patients is provided by specific guide-lines.In this review, a synthetic information on the medical treatment specifically required by patients with age associated conditions for the most common tumor types (breast, non-small-cell lung prostate, colrectal cancer, and aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) is presented.

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