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
- cognitive impairment
- chronic kidney disease
- lymph node
- clinical trial
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- cardiovascular events
- cardiovascular disease
- study protocol
- risk factors
- clinical practice
- type diabetes
- middle aged
- risk assessment
- cross sectional
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- combination therapy
- weight loss
- childhood cancer