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18269048

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
The number of elderly people with cancer will increase within the next decades. Cancer will surpass cardiovascular diseases as the leading cause of death. In comparison to younger patients elderly patients with cancer are less often treated within the scope of clinical trials. Data from health care research demonstrate that the treatment of elderly patients is less often guideline-directed than that of younger patients. This will be demonstrated in more detail for patients with colorectal carcinoma and for patients with anaemia. Older people are reluctant to participate in programs for the early detection of colorectal carcinoma and its precursors. They less often receive adjuvant chemotherapy in stage III disease, despite the fact that adjuvant chemotherapy is no more toxic than in younger patients and equally effective and therefore recommended in the guidelines. Compared to younger patients, elderly patients less often receive palliative chemotherapy in stage IV disease. Anaemia has a prevalence of about 10% in people aged 65 and more; the reported values are highly variable. There is a lack of data on the grade of evaluation. Also, there are no diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines in Germany. Health services research will play an important role in assessing deficits in the diagnosis and therapy of cancer diseases in the elderly and in determining the goals for future efforts in health care and research.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1431-7621
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
587-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
[Health services research and geriatrics: deficits and research approaches using the example of colorectal carcinoma and anaemia].
pubmed:affiliation
Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Abteilung Hämatologie und Onkologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena. ulrich.wedding@med.uni-jena.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract