Abstract
Prostate cancer is a disease typical of the elderly with a peak of incidence at 80 years. As most patients aged ≥70 years show impairment of physical and/or cognitive performance, a complete geriatric assessment should be mandatory before planning any oncological treatment, in order to remove treatable conditions and to estimate the individual cancer-independent survival probability. In unfit patients with early prostate cancer watchful waiting represent the best strategy when the chance of living
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 522-527 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Cancer Treatment Reviews |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2009 |
Keywords
- Chemotherapy
- Elderly
- Geriatric assessment
- Hormonal therapy
- Prostate cancer
- Radiotherapy
- Unfit
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging