Articles

Geriatric oncology: becoming mainstream cancer care

BJMO - volume 13, issue 2, march 2019

L. Decoster MD, PhD, H. Rouvière MD, C. Kenis PhD

SUMMARY

The 2018 annual conference of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from November 16–18th. More than 500 delegates from 41 countries with a special interest in the care for older patients with cancer attended this conference. The meeting provided an overview of current advances in geriatric oncology.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2019;13(2):60–62)

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Geriatric oncology: From research to practice: Incorporating geriatric oncology into patient care

BJMO - volume 12, issue 3, may 2018

L. Decoster MD, PhD, H. Rouvière MD, C. Kenis PhD

The 2017 annual conference of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology took place in Warsaw, Poland from November 9–11th. More than 300 delegates from 42 countries with a special interest in the care for older patients with cancer attended this conference. The meeting provided an overview of current advances in geriatric oncology.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2018:12(3):142–144)

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