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Background
Discrimination can adversely affect health and accelerate aging, but little is known about these relationships in cancer survivors. This study examines associations of discrimination and aging among self‐identified African American survivors.
Methods
A population‐based sample of 2232 survivors 20–79 years old at diagnosis were enrolled within 5 years of breast (n = 787), colorectal (...
Background
Despite recent advances in cancer, racial disparities in treatment outcomes persist, and their mechanisms are still not fully understood. The objective of this study was to examine racial differences in frailty and geriatric assessment impairments in an unselected cohort of older adults with newly diagnosed gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies.
Methods
This study used data from the Cancer...
Purpose of Review Aging is associated with decreased physiologic reserve, and older adults are more susceptible to cancer treatment toxicity. In this review, we discuss the implications of frailty and vulnerability in older patients with cancer. We also review a number of instruments that can be used to assess frailty and vulnerability and propose a practical approach to incorporate these tools in...
•The elderly cancer patient (ECP) population is a heterogeneous group, ranging from competent, active, and fit individuals to those who are frail and cognitively impaired.•A continuum exists from an increased vulnerability to stressors that results from usual decreases in physiologic reserves (= aging) to the deregulation of multiple physiologic systems (= frailty).•The ability or inability of carrying...
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