TY - JOUR
T1 - Social support for older adults with cancer
T2 - Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology review paper
AU - Kadambi, Sindhuja
AU - Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Enrique
AU - Garg, Tullika
AU - Loh, Kah Poh
AU - Krok-Schoen, Jessica L.
AU - Battisti, Nicolò Matteo Luca
AU - Moffat, Gordon Taylor
AU - Gil-Jr, Luiz A.
AU - Mohile, Supriya
AU - Hsu, Tina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Older adults with cancer have increasing needs in physical, cognitive, and emotional domains, and they can experience decline in all domains with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Social support plays a key role in supporting these patients, mitigating negative effects of diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and improving cancer outcomes. We review the importance of social support in older adults with cancer, describe the different components of social support and how they are measured, discuss current interventions that are available to improve social support in older adults, and describe burdens on caregivers. We also highlight Dr. Arti Hurria's contributions to recognizing the integral role of social support to caring for older adults with cancer.
AB - Older adults with cancer have increasing needs in physical, cognitive, and emotional domains, and they can experience decline in all domains with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Social support plays a key role in supporting these patients, mitigating negative effects of diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and improving cancer outcomes. We review the importance of social support in older adults with cancer, describe the different components of social support and how they are measured, discuss current interventions that are available to improve social support in older adults, and describe burdens on caregivers. We also highlight Dr. Arti Hurria's contributions to recognizing the integral role of social support to caring for older adults with cancer.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.09.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.09.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31628066
AN - SCOPUS:85073513402
SN - 1879-4068
VL - 11
SP - 217
EP - 224
JO - Journal of Geriatric Oncology
JF - Journal of Geriatric Oncology
IS - 2
ER -
