The review by Balducci provides an excellent overview of issues regarding the pharmacotherapy of anticancer therapy in older patients. The introduction to geriatrics emphasizes the need to be able to determine the patient’s physiologic age. More »

This recent headline succinctly summarizes a crisis of major proportions looming in the health care field. According to the American Geriatrics Society, the fastest growing segment of the American population consists of those who are 85 years and older. Their numbers are expected to reach 19 million... More »

NEW YORK—Blacks, Hispanics, and other minorities are less likely than whites to receive appropriate analgesia, as illustrated in the cancer literature and anecdotal reports from those who work with minority populations, said Stacie T. Pinderhughes, MD. "This is a high-risk group with regard to... More »