Comprehensive geriatric oncology

"The prevention and the treatment of cancer in an older patient require an individualized approach, taking account of the multidimensional changes caused by age and the consequently very different behaviour of the various cancers in an aged person. The second edition of this groundbreaking textbook has been updated and revised throughout, although its aims remain as before: to enable clinicians to choose the best possible cancer care; to promote cancer prevention; and to highlight the newly emerging issues in and to present a research agenda for Geriatric Oncology. New chapters contain material on such topics as assessment, frailty, guidelines for management of the older patient, anemia, symptom management, emergencies, and training programs."--BOOK JACKET.