Patterns of staging, treatment, and mortality in gastric, colorectal, and lung cancer among older adults with and without preexisting dementia: a Japanese multicentre cohort study.
Toshitaka MorishimaYoshihiro KuwabaraMari Kajiwara SaitoSatomi OdaniHaruka KudoMizuki KatoKayo NakataIsao MiyashiroPublished in: BMC cancer (2023)
Older cancer patients with preexisting dementia are less likely to receive standard cancer treatment and more likely to experience poorer outcomes. Clinicians should be aware of these risks, and would benefit from standardised guidelines to aid their decision-making in diagnosing and treating these patients.
Keyphrases
- mild cognitive impairment
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- cognitive impairment
- lymph node
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- papillary thyroid
- physical activity
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- clinical practice
- pet ct
- randomized controlled trial
- middle aged
- coronary artery disease
- young adults
- squamous cell
- double blind
- replacement therapy
- patient reported
- childhood cancer