(Lange termijn) effecten van behandeling

In het kader van een project voor een snelle diagnose van zeldzame kankers werken 6 patiëntenverenigingen samen met beroepsorganisatie Domus Medica aan de ontwikkeling van een podcast: Red Flags.

Cancer diagnoses are growing, and cancer is often a disease of the elderly. The elderly population is a complex population to study due to the multimorbidity and natural ageing process. Cancer and its treatment can interact on the natural ageing process of elderly cancer survivors. This makes understanding the impact of cancer and its treatment in elderly complex but essential to understand as these individuals are often already frailer and more at risk for deficits.