Cancer in Long-Term Care

• Autores: Beatriz Korc-Gordzicki, James A. Wallace, Miriam B. Rodin, Rachelle E. Bernacki
• Localización: Clinics in geriatric medicine, ISSN 0749-0690, Vol. 27, Nº. 2, 2011, págs. 301-327
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article describes the range of cancer patients in longterm care and provides a framework for clinical decision making. The benefits and burdens of providing standard therapy to a vulnerable population are discussed. To give more specific guidelines for advocates of treatment, skeptics, and others, the authors present best estimates of the current burden of cancer in the long-term care population and current screening guidelines that apply to the elderly under long-term care. Experience-based suggestions are offered for oncologists and clinicians involved in long-term care to help them respond to patient and family concerns about limitations of cancer care.