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| Title |
The Treatment of Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Elderly: An Evidence-Based Approach
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in oncology, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fonc.2014.00178 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David E. Dawe, Peter Michael Ellis |
| Abstract |
An increasing proportion of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are over 70 years old, raising unique challenges for treatment decision-making. While these patients are underrepresented in clinical trials, there is an emerging body of evidence associated with this group. The lesson of comprehensive geriatric assessment is that chronological age does not always correlate with physiological age and a variety of important co-morbidities and geriatric syndromes can go undetected in a typical history and physical. These co-morbidities and expected physiologic changes due to aging complicate decision-making around appropriate treatment. This review discusses geriatric assessment in elderly cancer patients and evaluates the current evidence for chemotherapy and targeted therapy for patients with advanced NSCLC aged ≥70 years. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 31 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 30 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 13% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 16% |
| Unknown | 7 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 42% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Psychology | 1 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 July 2014.
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#15,739,010
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in oncology
#4,962
of 22,414 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#126,787
of 240,566 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in oncology
#31
of 92 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 22,414 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% of its peers.
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