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Geriatric Oncology

Geriatric Oncology

The diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the elderly, often those who are 65 years of age and older, is the focus of the medical specialty known as geriatric oncology. This relatively new but rapidly growing subspecialty includes the unique requirements of the elderly into the treatment of cancer. Breast, colorectal, prostate, pancreatic, lung, bladder, and stomach cancers are only a few of the cancers that have been associated to ageing. There is a statement that states that all oncologists who are not pediatric oncologists are geriatric oncologists because the majority of non-pediatric cancer patients are older.

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