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Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Professor emerita

Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Supporting older people with cancer - Merging geriatric and oncological knowledge

Author

  • Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Summary, in English

Cancer in old age means a complex situation that may differ depending on where in the aging process the person is. For the older patient it is a reminder of that life is going to its end. Cancer treatment is to be provided in addition to handling other health problems and the overall frailty that goes with old age. Comprehensive geriatric assessment and case management may be a way to handle the frailty and merging oncology and geriatric knowledge.

Department/s

  • Older people's health and Person-Centred care

Publishing year

2016-06-01

Language

English

Pages

23-24

Publication/Series

European Oncology and Haematology

Volume

12

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Touch Digital Media

Topic

  • Cancer and Oncology
  • Geriatrics

Keywords

  • Aging process
  • Cancer in old age
  • Case management model
  • Comprehensive geriatric assessment

Status

Published

Research group

  • Older people's health and Person-Centred care

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2045-5275