Cancer rarely travels alone: Addressing the accumulation of risk and early mortality for older adults with advanced lung cancer

J Geriatr Oncol. 2024 Jul;15(6):101579. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2023.101579. Epub 2023 Jul 8.

Authors

Carolyn J Presley¹, Megan Baumgart², Balazs Halmos³, Efrat Dotan⁴

Affiliations

¹ The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center & The James Cancer Hospital/Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
³ Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁴ Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 37429784
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2023.101579

No abstract available

Keywords: ESOGIA; GFA; Geriatric assessment; Geriatric frailty assessment; Geriatric oncology; Lung cancer.

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MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms* / mortality
Male