At Crossroads: The Challenges for Geriatric Oncology in India
oleh: Bipinesh Sansar, Anuj Gupta, Ankita Chitre, Bal Krishna Mishra, Praveen Lakshmanamurthy, Pooja Gupta, Ajit Sahoo, Navneet Kaur, Somnath Dey, Kunal Ranjan Vinayak, Akhil Kapoor
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| Diterbitkan: | Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
Deskripsi
A larger percentage of our population is aging healthily and living on to a ripe old age. 60 years of age is taken as cut-off for identifying geriatric population for the purpose of specialized healthcare. The incidence of cancer is increasing and its expected more so in the geriatric population. At present , there are a limited cancer centres where specialized geriatric clinic is being conducted.