[Medical and social involvements of the cancer in the elderly].
This contribution concerns the medical and social involvements of the cancer in the elderly with for reference the most recent studies in the American population. The presentation reviews the positive effects of the precocity of the diagnosis and the coverage of the patients by a nursing team, the question of implementation about decisions and therapeutic choices. The conclusion targets the importance of the functional age of the patients and the presence of natural helping, on which the authorities should rule. double dagger.
Balducci
Lodovico
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d'oncologie à l'Université de Floride, College of Medicine, en charge du programme d'oncogériatrie au H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, Etats-Unis. balducci@moffitt.usf.edu
D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D015996:Survival Rate; D017741:Survivors; D014481:United States