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Episode 14: In the Clinic - Discussing cancer in the older patient and frailty with Dr Nicolo Battisti -SIOG president
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Not every older patient is frail and not every frail patient is old.
The incidence of cancer goes up rapidly in the older age groups with a big jump in incidence in the over 75 age group. We are treating increasing numbers of older patients with increasingly complex therapy.
This is often called a 'Silver Tsunami'.
We talk to Dr Nicolo Battisti - A medical oncologist - who is Clinical Lead of the Senior Adult Oncology Programme at the Royal Marsden Hospital and president of SIOG - the Society of Geriatric Oncology.
We discuss the impact of frailty on cancer therapy for older patients and how to assess frailty in patients.
This is part 1 of 2 of an excellent session!!
Enjoy
Mike & John
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Not every older patient is frail and not every frail patient is old.
The incidence of cancer goes up rapidly in the older age groups with a big jump in incidence in the over 75 age group. We are treating increasing numbers of older patients with increasingly complex therapy.
This is often called a 'Silver Tsunami'.
We talk to Dr Nicolo Battisti - A medical oncologist - who is Clinical Lead of the Senior Adult Oncology Programme at the Royal Marsden Hospital and president of SIOG - the Society of Geriatric Oncology.
We discuss the impact of frailty on cancer therapy for older patients and how to assess frailty in patients.
This is part 1 of 2 of an excellent session!!
Enjoy
Mike & John