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Managing myelodysplastic symptoms in elderly patients
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 10/16/09

Ria R et al. – Through the integration of geriatric and oncological strategies, a personalized approach toward this unique population may be applied. As with many diseases in the elderly, reliance on family members or friends to maintain the prescribed treatments, including travel to and from appointments, may place additional stressors on the patient and his/her support network. Careful evaluation and knowledge of functional status, ability to tolerate treatments, effect of disease progression, and general overall health conditions can provide the best opportunity to support these patients. Immediate assessment of daily living activities may detect deficiencies or deficits that often require early interventions.

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Hodgkin's lymphoma in remission after first-line therapy: Which patients need FDG-PET/CT for follow-up?
Annals of Oncology, 11/17/09

Comparison of neurocognitive functioning in children previously randomly assigned to intrathecal methotrexate compared with triple intrathecal therapy for the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 11/09/09

Primary extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of the uvea associated with massive diffuse epibulbar extension and focal infiltration of the optic nerve and meninges, clinically presented as uveitis masquerade syndrome: a case report
Medical Oncology, 10/16/09

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