A recent retrospective analysis conducted in the Department of General Medical Oncology at University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium indicates that "in the first 3 months after diagnosis of cancer in older patients, the healthcare utilization peaked, typically related to active cancer treatment, and then decreased in the time thereafter." Healthcare utilization consisted of hospital admission, length of stay, visits to the emergency department, days in intensive care, appoints with general practitioners, home care, and transfers to nursing homes. According to Professor Hans Wildiers, (General Medical Oncology, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium) "to optimize cancer treatment for older patients, it is important to identify frailty and underlying geriatric conditions at cancer diagnosis."
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Source mentioned:
Depoorter V, Vanschoenbeek K, Decoster L, et al. Long-term health-care utilisation in older patients with cancer and the association with the Geriatric 8 screening tool: a retrospective analysis using linked clinical and population-based data in Belgium. The Lancet Healthy Longevity; Published online 13 June 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(23)00081-8
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