Although there are limited data regarding therapeutic effects in the elderly group, survival of selected patients can be significantly prolonged, especially when therapeutic approaches are combined. Cancer patients aged 65 years and older with brain metastases appear to have outcomes comparable to younger...
- 《J Natl Cancer Inst》 被引量: 450发表: 1990年 Brain tumors in the elderly: recent trends in a Minnesota cohort study. To compare the clinical presentation, time elapsed to diagnosis, and survival of elderly patients (> or = 65 years) with that in younger patients with mali......
[Spontaneous regression of lung cancer in an elderly patient: a case report] An 82 year-old male was referred to us because of a nodule in the upper lobe of his right lung, which was incidentally found by computed tomography (CT) ca... N Chiemi,Y Hiroshi,N Keisuke,... - 《Nihon Ro...
Despite the presumably lower incidence of cerebral metastases in elderly patients, incidence in this subgroup increases due to the high number of elderly patients, general increase of occurrence of cerebral metastases, improved diagnosis of brain metastases and better treatment of the primary cancer. Mor...
Researchers have proposed an important concept called the “senescence-associated secretory phenotype”, whereby aging brain cells release more proinflammatory signals, such as IL, IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-8, which amplify the inflammatory response after stroke in elderly patients [144]. ...
Treatment Patterns and Survival of Elderly Patients With Breast Cancer Brain Metastases Objectives: The main objective of this study was to analyze treatment patterns of elderly patients with breast cancer brain metastases (BCBM), evaluate cha... Leone, Jose P.Haraldsson, BjarniMott, Sarah L.McDow...
Nine participants (0.9%) died during the 1-year follow-up period, of whom 3 participants (0.3%) died in the first 90 days. The causes of death were intracerebral hemorrhage (1), glioblastoma multiforme (1), congestive heart failure (1), prostate cancer (1), multiple myeloma (1), ...
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to determine if brain lesion volume was correlated with dietary glycemic index and glycemic load in elderly individuals. DESIGN AND SETTING: This cross-sectional study was performed at an academic medical center as part of a clinical study of late-life depre...
Music can also help with the psychological aspects of illness and can improve the quality of life in patients withcancer,dementia,Parkinson’s, andchronic pain. Listening to music reduces the stress experienced by patients bothbefore and after surgery. ...
Treatment outcome following radiotherapy in elderly patients with bladder cancer BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The optimal treatment of elderly patients with bladder cancer is not established. This study aimed to evaluate prognostic variables... L Sengel?V,S Klintorp,H Havsteen,... - 《Radiotherapy & ...