Descrição
CONTENTS:
Preface – Maati Aapro
Introduction – S. R. Kristjansson & T. B. Wyller
Cancer epidemiology – D. Schrijvers
Evaluation of the senior cancer patient: comprehensive geriatric assessment and screening tools for the elderly – M. Extermann
Frailty in the elderly – Margot Gosney
Surgical Treatment – S. Gaskell & RA.Audisio
Radiotherapy in the senior cancer patient – Wilfried Eberhardt
Hormonal anticancer treatment in the senior cancer patients – B. Seruga, E. Amir and I F.Tannock
Selected tumours in senior cancer patients
Cytotoxic and targeted anticancer treatment in the senior cancer patient – H. Wildiers
Breast cancer in the senior patient – L. Biganzoli
Prostate cancer – C. Terret, A. Fléchon & JP Droz
Lung cancer in the elderly – D. Schrijvers
Bladder cancer – M. Maffezzini & F. Campodonico
Gynecological – Wiebren Tjalma
Head and neck cancer in the elderly E M Karapanagiotou, K J Harrington & K N Syrigos
Treatment of lymphoma in the elderly population S A Michallet & B Coiffier
Management of myeloproliferative diseases in senior patients – D. Wolf & R. Stauder
Myelodysplastic syndromes in the senior patient R Stauder & D Wolf
Selected tumors in senior cancer patients: colorectal cancer – D Papamichael
Renal cell cancer J Bellmunt
Psychological problems in older cancer patients M I Weinberger, E Balk, C J Nelson and A J Roth
Social and ethical aspects – G B Zulian
The role of the multidisciplinary team – Lodovico Balducci
