Geriatric Oncology ASM highlights

GROUP Geriatric Oncology
PROJECT SPAN 2022
DATE 01/09/2022

Geriatric Oncology highlights

2023 COSA ASM

Plenary: Answering those age old questions in Geriatric Oncology (Chairs: Paul Viray and Christopher Steer)
- Research in demographic transition for breast cancer (Etienne Brain)
- The role of the Geriatrician (Heather Lane)
- Musings of a Medical Oncologist (Michael Krasovitsky)
- The role of nursing and allied health in caring for older adults with cancer (Polly Dufton)

Breakfast session: Age is just a number: Optimising the care of older individuals with cancer (Chairs: Paul Viray and Michael Krasovitsky)

2022 COSA ASM

Breakfast session (Chairs: Darshit Thaker and Penny MacKenzie)

Frailty through the lens of GO (Kheng Soo)

Integrated Geriatric Assessment and Treatment Effectiveness (INTEGERATE) in older people with cancer starting systemic anticancer treatment: a multi-centre, open-label, randomised controlled trial (Kheng Soo)

The Language of Ageism (Michael Krasovitsky)

Stigma and Ageism (Christopher Steer)

Cancer experts assemble to dismantle ageism media release

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