Good Evening My Friends,
The following is more good news that was heard and learned. Thought this
might additionally be of interest to you. This is certainly getting
much attention from those with cancer diseases who are older in age.
God bless...more info on the way.
marty auslander
OLDER CANCER PATIENTS ARE NOW GAINING MORE ATTENTION FROM THE
RESEARCHERS:
Several studies presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American
Society of Clinical Oncology suggest that older patients might fare as
well as younger ones undergoing chemotherapy.
One study by the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center in Baltimore found that
older women who took two commonly used breast cancer chemotherapy drugs,
doxurubicin and cyclophosphamide, had no significant differences in side
effects or quality of life compared with younger patients.
A second study, of Italian lungcancer patients 70 and older, found that
a chemotherapy drug, vinorelbine, extended life and was well tolerated
without the side effects associated with other lung-cancer drugs.
Some centers are expanding programs to the elderly. the University of
Michigan has a new cancer and geriatrics center. In July, the
University of Southern California Cancer Center and Hospital will open a
geriatrics cancer center.
Part of the push is to get insurance plans, including the federal
Medicare program, to fund cancer treatment done as part of research
studies.
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