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The Impact of Cancer on the Physical Function of the Elderly and Their Utilization of Health Care W e read with interest the article by Stafford and Cyr, who discuss the impact of solid tumors on the physical function of elderly patients, 1 and the accompanying editorial by Cohen, stressing the importance of applying the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) approach to assess the functional status of elderly cancer patients. 2 Since January 1995, a geriatrician has been added to the oncology team at the Department of Medical Oncology at the Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy (1 of the 7 Italian National Cancer Institutes), supporting the use of the CGA approach in elderly (i.e., age Ն 65 years) cancer patients. Therefore, we believe it is appropriate to compare the preliminary results obtained among patients included in our CGA study with the findings reported by Stafford and Cyr. 1 Between January 1995 and October 1997, the functional status of 274 elderly patients (median age: 73 years; range, 65-93 years) diagnosed with solid tumors or hematologic malignancies who were admitted consecutively to the Department of Medical Oncology was evaluated prospectively (as w

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Author

Lucia Fratino; Diego Serraino; Vittorina Zagonel

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0008-543X)

Published

1998

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)