GENEVA—In advance of the European Expert Forum on Blood Cancer in the Elderly — being held in Rome — there has been a call for action that doctors should avoid denying older patients cancer therapies
Matti Aapro
GENEVA—In advance of the European Expert Forum on Blood Cancer in the Elderly — being held in Rome — there has been a call for action that doctors should avoid denying older patients cancer therapies on the basis of age alone. Dr Matti Aapro — Executive Director of the International Society for Geriatric Oncology and Dean of the Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute in Genolier, Switzerland — talks with eCancer Radio about the difference between chronological and biological age, and highlights some of the practical messages for cancer doctors attending the Rome conference.
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