GENEVA—In advance of the European Expert Forum on Blood Cancer in the Elderly — being held in Rome — there has been a call for action that doctors should avoid denying older patients cancer therapies
Matti Aapro
GENEVA—In advance of the European Expert Forum on Blood Cancer in the Elderly — being held in Rome — there has been a call for action that doctors should avoid denying older patients cancer therapies on the basis of age alone.Dr Matti Aapro— Executive Director of the International Society for Geriatric Oncology and Dean of the Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute in Genolier, Switzerland — talks with eCancer Radio about the difference between chronological and biological age, and highlights some of the practical messages for cancer doctors attending the Rome conference.