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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(1):14-16; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.1.14
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 1, 14-16, January 6, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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Better Fundamentals — Not "Razzle Dazzle" — Needed in Cancer Research on the Elderly

Laurent Castellucci

Cancer is a disease of aging. Over 60% of all newly diagnosed cancers and 69% of all cancer deaths in the United States occur in people over 65 years of age. Americans over 65 are 10 times as likely to get cancer as are younger Americans.

But despite the disease's age-related aspects, researchers know surprisingly little about cancer treatment in the elderly and the elderly appear to be vastly underrepresented in clinical trials.

Kathy Albain, M.D., professor of medicine of Loyola University Medical Center and chair of the Committee on Women and Special Populations at the Southwest Oncology Group presented study results at the May meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, that showed just how underrepresented the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Barriers and Biases

Other Hurdles

The "Right Place"

An Aging Population


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