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Cancer control and the older person. An overview
Author(s) -
Dodd Gerald D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19911201)68:11+<2493::aid-cncr2820681502>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , neglect , affect (linguistics) , disease , gerontology , older people , psychiatry , pathology , psychology , communication
Cancer is essentially a disease of older persons, yet the efforts made toward prevention and detection in this age group are seldom as energetic as those expended on younger individuals. It is apparent that age in itself is not a reason for benign neglect of neoplastic disease in older persons. The underlying factors that affect the behavior of cancer in older patients require intensive study. Comprehensive cancer prevention and detection services are economically sound in this age group.