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Cancer in Elderly People: Workshop Proceedings
Cancer in Elderly People Workshop Proceedings Author:National Cancer Policy Forum, Institute of Medicine A high proportion of cancer occurs primarily in older persons, and incidence of the major cancers is greater. This, combined with the expansion of an aging America, is bound to have far reaching effects on the nation's healthcare industry. This summary of a workshop held in October 2006, reviews the various important implications of changing dem... more »ographics and the cancer disease burden in the United States.« less