Never too old for chemo.

• Autores: Claudia Wallis
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 311, Nº. 6, 2014, págs. 34-36
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses research on how best to treat elderly cancer patients. The author shares the experiences of her relatives in their 80s and 90s who underwent chemotherapy, noting the prevalence of cancer in the elderly in the U.S. Topics include the genetic risks of cancer as people age, the internal environment of older people that makes cancer treatment challenging, and geriatrician Holly Holmes on tools for predicting how an older person will respond to cancer treatment.