Cancer Surgery in Elderly People - Specific Facts Concerning the Management: Review of Literature
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2019, Vol 15, Issue 2
Abstract
As the life expectancy raised, the general surgeon deals with more elderly patients thus the importance of understanding the specific problems and management. The main diffi-culties evaluated are suboptimal treatment; ineffective assessment; comorbidities and mul-tidrug-use; lack of education in elderly care; lack of social support; age discrimination and priorities of the patient. Health care providers must be vigilant, if they are to treat and cope with the challenges that come with elderly patients. They must see the heterogeneity of the population and be prepared to deal with them accordingly, the chronological age is not a barrier and neither our preconceived ideas.We live in a world that is constantly getting older, from 2010 the percentage of older people surpassed that of children under 5, this means on one side that the life expectancy raised and on the other hand that the general surgeon deals with an older global population (Figure 1) [1]. Many definitions of the elder where proposed, depending on country and life expectancy. In most developed countries the cut off for being an elder was set at 65, in Africa is 50 years old and United Nations considers the age of 60 years to be the threshold [2]. Incidence of neoplastic diseases increased significantly after 65 years; given the increase in life expectancy, the surgeons deals more and more with elderly oncological patients.
Authors and Affiliations
Corina Elena Minciuna, Stefan Tudor, Catalin Vasilescu
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- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.15.002664
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