Elderly have poor prognosis after recovery in long-term acute care hospitals
Most patients die within 5 years and spend two-thirds of remaining life as an inpatient.
Most patients die within 5 years and spend two-thirds of remaining life as an inpatient.
Article written by Tom Collins. Interview by Esther Drain. Meletios Dimopoulos, MD, professor and chairman of clinical therapeutics at the University of Athens and a long-time expert in… read more.
Prof Peter Johnson (Southampton, UK) discusses where there is consensus and controversy in the management of HL in 2019, as well as talking about the key takeaways from his… read more.
Professor Graham Jackson (Newcastle, UK) gives an overview of his presentation on real world management of myeloma patients in the UK, with comments from Professor Sagar Lonial (Atlanta, USA). Professor Jackson… read more.
IBD is still mainly a phenomenon of the Western world, but the incidence is increasing steeply in newly industrialised countries where the population is undergoing rapid urbanisation…
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) is a heterogeneous group of lymphoid malignancies that often fails to respond to standard of care treatment,1-3 and the need for new therapies is… read more.
Article by Maria Dalby. Interviews by Hannah Chatfield Achieving the ultimate goals of maintaining cure and minimising long-term toxicity in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) requires individualised therapy based on… read more.
In addition to clinical segmentation of MM patients as young or elderly and fit or frail, genetic factors convey important prognostic information and should be taken into account… read more.
The pathophysiology of MM is characterised by a state of profound immunosuppression through multiple mechanisms which provides a strong rationale for immunotherapeutic approaches including antibodies, immunomodulators, vaccines and… read more.
When treating patients with MM frail patients are less able to tolerate aggressive treatment and therefore have poorer OS. In the era of novel agents there is a… read more.
The growing number of novel treatments for multiple myeloma (MM) means that more patients can achieve the therapeutic goal of a deep and prolonged first remission – in… read more.
Managing Hodgkin lymphoma in elderly patients can be challenging, given that trial data do not reflect the picture in elderly patients and performance status can vary widely. The… read more.
Advertisment
If you're a healthcare professional you can sign up to our mailing list to receive high quality medical, pharmaceutical and healthcare E-Mails and E-Journals. Get the latest news and information across a broad range of specialities delivered straight to your inbox.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the 'Unsubscribe' link at the bottom of all our E-Mails, E-Journals and publications.