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
- cognitive impairment
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- clinical trial
- papillary thyroid
- lymph node
- palliative care
- physical activity
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- clinical practice
- patient reported outcomes
- risk assessment
- mild cognitive impairment
- pet ct
- human health
- skeletal muscle
- climate change
- insulin resistance