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16965920

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
Cancer is an age-related disease, and has increased in prevalence as the population has grown older. Improvements in screening and the availability of better therapeutic options contribute to burgeoning numbers of cancer survivors, who number more than 24 million worldwide. Sixty-one percent of these survivors are at least 65 years old. This review is an attempt to consolidate some of the data available in the area of cancer survivorship, with emphasis on the elderly. Our aim is to provide a better description of the population, elucidate specific physical and psychosocial sequelae secondary to cancer and it's treatment, and better understand how comorbid conditions, functional status, body-weight, and other issues contribute to quality of life, and overall health. This paper also suggests some surveillance guidelines for following elderly cancer survivors and identifies areas that require further research.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1040-8428
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The older cancer survivor.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Geriatrics, Division of Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center and Durham VA Medical Center DUMC, Box 3003, Durham 27710, North Carolina, USA. ra000012@mc.duke.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural