title: Socioeconomic Considerations and Shared-Care Models of Cancer Care for Older Adults.
abstract: Older adults with cancer require a geriatrics approach to treatment. Such an approach targets appropriate treatments based on physiologic, not chronologic, age. Patients older than 65 years of age constitute the largest group of patients with cancer, making them the most expensive group of patients with cancer, especially with the advent of expensive new treatments with minimal impact on overall survival. Geriatric assessment, combined with targeted inventions, can optimize the value propositions in caring for older patients with cancer. Over the past 20 years, geriatric oncology care models have emerged applying these care principles in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: wdale@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.affiliation: Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Selina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.affiliation: Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Saleha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sajid
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Aging; Cancer; Geriatric oncology; Geriatrics; Models of care; Oncology