title: Locally advanced head and neck cancer in either the older or the vulnerable adult: Making the case for a team-based, "gero-centric" approach.
abstract: Multidisciplinary, team-based care goes hand in hand with geriatric oncology paradigms for caring for older adults with cancer. Team-based care was the central theme for the 2015 SIOG Annual Meeting. Team-based approaches to the evaluation and management of older adults with different cancer types, including head and neck cancer, were presented. This review aims to summarize the salient points of that presentation, including a synthesis of recent multidisciplinary, "gero-centric" research efforts to improve the care for older adults with more advanced stages of head and neck cancer.
authors.affiliation: Portland Veterans Affairs Healthcare System/Oregon Health & Science University, 3710 SW U.S. Veterans Hospital Road, P3HOC, Portland, OR 97239, USA. Electronic address: maggiore@ohsu.edu.
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Maggiore
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care
keywords: Cancer care; Elderly; Geriatric oncology; Head and neck cancer; Multidisciplinary