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By Nienke A. de Glas, MD, PhD, on behalf of the Young SIOG Committee  / March 25, 2017

Future Perspectives in Geriatric Oncology: How the Young Can Care for the Old

In the upcoming decades, the number of older adults with cancer will drastically increase due to aging of Western societies.1 The risk of cancer strongly increases with age. Consequently, all future oncologists will be exposed to the challenges of caring for this heterogeneous population. Older...