Comprehensive evaluation of older patients with suspected malignancy: 5-year experience of a tertiary geriatric inpatient unit.

Bahar Bektan Kanat Veysel Suzan Gulru Ulugerger Avci Halit Eyyup Mungan Damla Unal Tugce Emiroglu Gedik Deniz Suna Erdinçler Alper Doventas Hakan Yavuzer

Published in: Current medical research and opinion (2023)

The frequency and presentation patterns of malignancies may differ in older adults. Depressive symptoms are common in geriatric cancer patients. Geriatric patients with a history of malignancy should be evaluated in detail for new primary malignancies.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
hip fracture
physical activity
mental health
palliative care
social support
case report