Use of palliative chemotherapy in patients aged 80 years and over with incurable cancer: experience at three Sydney cancer centres.

Related Articles Use of palliative chemotherapy in patients aged 80 years and over with incurable cancer: experience at three Sydney cancer centres. Intern Med J. 2017 Jan;47(1):75-81 Authors: Ip E, Pokorny AM, Della-Fiorentina S, Beale P, Bray V, Kiely BE, Blinman P Abstract BACKGROUND: Octogenarians represent a growing population reviewed in medical oncology clinics, yet there is a paucity of data on how chemotherapy is tolerated in this age group. AIM: To describe the use of palliative first-line chemotherapy in patients 80 years and over and factors associated with its use. METHODS: We identified all new patients aged 80 years…
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