Beyond

Published Date: 23rd December 2016

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​The progress in scientific and medical knowledge has been fascinating over the last few decades and has had a noticeable impact on the most recent clinical practice. However, not every patient benefits from this progress in the same way; European and North American data are there to prove how senior patients with cancer are offered a substandard treatment, predominantly surgical treatment.

Audisio, RA; van Leeuwen, BL. (2015).Beyond “Age”: Frailty Assessment Strategies Improve Care of Older Patients with Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 22 (12), p3774-3775.

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