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Editorial
. 2022 Feb 3;27(1):1-3.
doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyab009.

Exercise-based Multimodal Programming: A Treatment Gap for Older Adults with Advanced Cancer

Stephanie D Small  1 , Kelcey A Bland  2 , Julia N Rickard  1 , Amy A Kirkham  1
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Editorial

Exercise-based Multimodal Programming: A Treatment Gap for Older Adults with Advanced Cancer

Stephanie D Small et al. Oncologist. .

Abstract

This commentary highlights the challenges of clinical trials, especially as related to trials on exercise for older adults with advanced cancer, and comments on the study by Mikkelsen et al.

Keywords: drug therapy; exercise; frail elderly; neoplasms.

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