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Cancer in Elderly People

Cancer in Elderly People :Workshop Proceedings

Format : Paperback / softback
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN : 9780309104760
Publication Year : 2007
Language : English

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 title reviews various important implications of demographics and the cancer disease burden in the US.