[The situation of elderly patients].
Elderly and old tumour patients differ very much individually and a broad range of variation is even to be observed in patients of the same age group. But these patients differ from younger patients in many respects: This concerns the process of treatment decision and the expectations of the therapy on the one hand. Relevant differences with regard to younger patients exist also because of the age-related physiological changes and frequent age-typical comorbidities which may increase the toxicity of a therapy and the surgery-associated morbidity and lethality because of a decreased functional reserve capacity.
Klinik für Geriatrie, Krankenhaus Natruper Holz/Klinikum Osnabrück, Deutschland.
Dieter
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Lüttje
Giovanni
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Maio
Ulrich
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Wedding
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000639:trends*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*