title: Improving the quality of survivorship for older adults with cancer.
abstract: In May 2015, the Cancer and Aging Research Group, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute on Aging through a U13 grant, convened a conference to identify research priorities to help design and implement intervention studies to improve the quality of life and survivorship of older, frailer adults with cancer. Conference attendees included researchers with multidisciplinary expertise and advocates. It was concluded that future intervention trials for older adults with cancer should: 1) rigorously test interventions to prevent the decline of or improve health status, especially interventions focused on optimizing physical performance, nutritional status, and cognition while undergoing cancer treatment; 2) use standardized care plans based on geriatric assessment findings to guide targeted interventions; and 3) incorporate the principles of geriatrics into survivorship care plans. Also highlighted was the need to integrate the expertise of interdisciplinary team members into geriatric oncology research, improve funding mechanisms to support geriatric oncology research, and disseminate high-impact results to the research and clinical community. In conjunction with the 2 prior U13 meetings, this conference provided the framework for future research to improve the evidence base for the clinical care of older adults with cancer. Cancer 2016;122:2459-68. © 2016 American Cancer Society.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: Supriya G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Mohile
authors.affiliation: Medical Oncology and Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
authors.forename: Arti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hurria
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Harvey J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Office of Cancer Survivorship, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Julia H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rowland
authors.affiliation: Office of Cancer Survivorship, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Corinne R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Leach
authors.affiliation: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Neeraj K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: SCOREboard Advocacy Group, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: Beverly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Canin
authors.affiliation: Breast Cancer, Geriatric Oncology Program, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Hyman B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Muss
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magnuson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flannery
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lowenstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Public Health Services, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Heather G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Allore
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Mustian
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Demark-Wahnefried
authors.affiliation: Senior Adult Oncology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Extermann
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferrell
authors.affiliation: Institute of Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Sharon K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Inouye
authors.affiliation: National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Studenski
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dale
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D035843:Biomedical Research; D017028:Caregivers; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D018450:Disease Progression; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011788:Quality of Life; D012107:Research Design; D015996:Survival Rate
keywords: aging; elderly; quality of life; research priorities; survivorship