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Lichtman: "Do we need age-specific clinical trials for the elderly? if not, assumes current trials are adequate. Enrollment says othewise."

Lichtman: "Which elderly are we talking about?" Most importantly: those with specific comorbities at risk for toxicities.

Consider alternatives to survival for clinical trial endpoints in older adults: functional loss, quality of life, or other PROs.

Watch for upcoming Lichtman letter-to-the editor in JCO about lack of data on age distribution in recent trial.

Lichtman: "Society has treated the elderly poorly even when curative theapy exists."

Cancer surgery in older adults: "the key is _frailty_".

Dr. Zenilman advocating for "markers of frailty" in the surgical treatment guidelines. One favorite: "falls -- it's simple."

Geriatric surgery - Old school: comorbidities; New school - CGA, Frailty assessment, cognitive impairment.

Importance of High-Volume centers for surgical outcomes, especially for older patients.

Dr. Zenilman -- literally wrote the book on Geriatric Surgery: books.google.com/books?id=Vcgmp…

Brit J or Radiology, 1962 - guidance given on treating "the senile" with XRT. Offers dose-reduced radiation recommendations.

LIke medical oncology trials, there is underrepresentation of older adults in radiology clinical trials.

"Chronologic age is irrelevant for therapeutic decisions." But there was higher acute toxicities...

Wow, Victor Montori at #IHI Summit. Need to think about treatment burden & fit, shoot for Minimally Disruptive Medicine bit.ly/9RcxZ

ASCO President Dr. Michael Link briefs congressional staff on #drugshortages

Should geriatric-oncology have a separate designation in cancer journals?

Our new CARG paper on building research at the nexus of aging and oncology. Thanks to wonderful co-author colleagues. jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/…

So cool - Nora Reznickova story of how to make a difference feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geripal/~3/…

Avastin does not extend life in older lung cancer patients. bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-1…

Why Warren Buffet was a poor candidate for screening and a worse candidate for treatment of prostate cancer. well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/why…