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Special badessments can help seniors cope with cancer care
By Associated Press
published: 11:15 am EDT, March 22, 2019 | Update: 11:15 am EDT, March 22, 2019
The treatment of cancer in older Americans is getting a new look.
When older people learn that they have cancer, doctors have often badumed that they are too fragile to be treated. Or, rather, they recommend hard treatments tested only in younger patients. But there is a tendency to change that with special age-related fitness exams.
New guidelines from cancer experts recommend badessments before making treatment decisions for Americans 65 years of age and older.
Exams badess physical and mental health and social support. They also take into account the patient's wishes for life-prolonging treatment, no matter what time he or she has left. The idea is to find ways to help patients tolerate treatment, not to rule it out.
On Monday, March 4, 2019, Nancy Simpson, left, talks to Dr. Allison Magnuson, Geriatric Oncology and Breast Oncology at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, Pluta Cancer Center in Rochester, NY. the maximum that I can manage "to fight against his illness. (AP Photo / Adrian Kraus)
In this photo from Monday, March 4, 2019, Dr. Allison Magnuson, left, talks with patient Nancy Simpson at the Pluta Cancer Center in Rochester, NY, before she can begin treatment for Breast cancer, Mrs. Simpson, aged 80, had to walk in a straight line. , count back from 20 and repeat a silly sentence. This was part of a special type of medical fitness test for older patients. (AP Photo / Adrian Kraus)
In this photo from Monday, March 4, 2019, Dr. Allison Magnuson, Geriatric Oncology and Breast Oncology at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, on the right, talks with patient Nancy Simpson at the Pluta Cancer Center in Rochester, instead of baduming that elderly patients are too frail For the treatment or recommendation of powerful drugs tested only in younger patients, oncologists take the time to badess their physical and mental fitness, as well as their emotional and social well-being. (AP Photo / Adrian Kraus)
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