The care of older patients with cancer across the United Kingdom in 2024: A narrative review by the International Society of Geriatric Oncology UK Country Group

TY - JOUR

T1 - The care of older patients with cancer across the United Kingdom in 2024

T2 - A narrative review by the International Society of Geriatric Oncology UK Country Group

AU - Gomes, Fabio

AU - Farrington, Naomi

AU - Pearce, Jessica

AU - Swinson, Daniel

AU - Welford, Jenny

AU - Greystoke, Alastair

AU - Baxter, Mark

AU - Brown-Kerr, Alana G

AU - Wyld, Lynda

AU - Morgan, Jenna

AU - Battisti, Nicolò Matteo Luca

AU - Barrell, Anne

AU - Cobben, David

AU - Cree, Anthea

AU - Johnston, Mark

AU - Colquhoun, Kirsty

AU - Phillips, Iain

AU - Smith, Jemima

AU - Stapley, Simon

AU - Lyons, Lisa

AU - Balachandran, Kirsty

AU - Brown, Helen

AU - Bryce, Rachel

AU - Dacie, Ruth

AU - Parks, Ruth

AU - Denholm, Mary

AU - Harari, Danielle

AU - Rigden, Tracey

AU - Sommer, Daniel

AU - Williams, Kate

AU - Worby, Katie

AU - Cheung, Kwok-Leung

N1 - Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

PY - 2025/1

Y1 - 2025/1

N2 - The worldwide population is ageing, alongside an increase in cancer incidence rates. Over the past 10 years, there has been huge progress in the field of oncology with earlier diagnosis and an expansion of treatment options, leading to a growing number of older people living with cancer. That has meant that caring for older patients with cancer is now part of day-to-day oncology practices. This cohort often has geriatric syndromes and a higher prevalence of frailty and complex needs and preparing our clinical services to optimise care for these patients is essential. Whilst it is widely accepted that comprehensive geriatric assessments are of benefit to patients, only a small proportion of patients can access these through specialised teams during their cancer care. In the past few years there has been significant progress in this field throughout the United Kingdom (UK). The goal of this review is to inform other health care systems how to learn from what has been done in the UK. This paper provides an update from our previous review in 2020, detailing the new services being implemented and made available to patients and an expansion in the number of new pilot teams and research projects/trials throughout the four nations of the UK.

AB - The worldwide population is ageing, alongside an increase in cancer incidence rates. Over the past 10 years, there has been huge progress in the field of oncology with earlier diagnosis and an expansion of treatment options, leading to a growing number of older people living with cancer. That has meant that caring for older patients with cancer is now part of day-to-day oncology practices. This cohort often has geriatric syndromes and a higher prevalence of frailty and complex needs and preparing our clinical services to optimise care for these patients is essential. Whilst it is widely accepted that comprehensive geriatric assessments are of benefit to patients, only a small proportion of patients can access these through specialised teams during their cancer care. In the past few years there has been significant progress in this field throughout the United Kingdom (UK). The goal of this review is to inform other health care systems how to learn from what has been done in the UK. This paper provides an update from our previous review in 2020, detailing the new services being implemented and made available to patients and an expansion in the number of new pilot teams and research projects/trials throughout the four nations of the UK.

KW - Humans

KW - United Kingdom/epidemiology

KW - Neoplasms/therapy

KW - Aged

KW - Geriatric Assessment

KW - Medical Oncology/organization & administration

KW - Geriatrics

KW - Frailty/epidemiology

KW - Health Services for the Aged/organization & administration

KW - Aged, 80 and over

KW - Service development

KW - Workforce

KW - Research

KW - Older patients

KW - cancer

KW - Geriatric oncology

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85207708864

U2 - 10.1016/j.jgo.2024.102133

DO - 10.1016/j.jgo.2024.102133

M3 - Review article

C2 - 39455366

SN - 1879-4068

VL - 16

JO - Journal of Geriatric Oncology

JF - Journal of Geriatric Oncology

IS - 1

M1 - 102133

ER -