Anticancer drugs are not well tolerated in all older patients with cancer

Summary: Studies on new anticancer drugs often inappropriately conclude that these treatments are well tolerated and feasible in the older population with cancer, despite the drug being investigated in only a selection of healthy older patients who are not representative of the true older population...

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Main Authors: Hans Wildiers, ProfMD, Nienke A de Glas, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:The Lancet. Healthy Longevity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666756820300015