Editorial: Supportive and palliative care for older adults with cancer

Schroder Sattar¹, Ines B Menjak^{2

3}, Christopher Steer^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Border Medical Oncology, Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre.
⁵ University of NSW, Rural Clinical School, Albury Campus, Albury, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Schroder Sattar et al. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 1;16(1):1-2.

doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000586.

Schroder Sattar¹, Ines B Menjak^{2

3}, Christopher Steer^{4

5}

¹ College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Border Medical Oncology, Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre.
⁵ University of NSW, Rural Clinical School, Albury Campus, Albury, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

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