Treatment and Management of Cancer in the Frail Elderly
By Zeba S. Geloo, MD, and William B. Ershler, MD
Palliative Care Options for Advanced Prostate Cancer
By Amir V. Kaisary, MA, ChM, FRCS, and Ross Knight, MRCS
Letter From the Editors
Right Tool, Right Time, Right Reason
By J. Lyle Bootman, PhD, and Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD, FACP
Use of Colony-Stimulating Factors in the Elderly Cancer Patient
By Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, FRCP (Edin), Lodovico Balducci, MD, and Yemi Agboola, MS
Cancer Mortality in the Elderly, 1960–1998: A Worldwide Approach
By Carlo La Vecchia, MD, Franca Lucchini, BSc, Eva Negri,ScD, and Fabio Levi, MD
Metastasis of an Esophageal Carcinoma to the Soft Tissue in the Elbow
By Arun Kumar, MD, Rajeev Kulkarni, MD, Emmanuel C. Besa, MD, and Carolyn E. Grotkowski, MD
Assessing the Older Cancer Patient
By Martine Extermann, MD, PhD
Pharmacology of Antineoplastic Agents in Older Cancer Patients
By J. Andrew Skirvin, PharmD, Sunitha Vemulapalli, MD, and Stuart M. Lichtman, MD
The Case for Geriatric Oncology
By Lodovico Balducci, MD
A Standing Ovation for a Change in How We Treat Patients With Cancer —Forever
By Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD, FACP, and J. Lyle Bootman PhD
Managing Deep Vein Thrombosis Risk in Oncology Patients Office and Outpatient Settings
MODERATOR: Brian A. Meltzer, MD, MBA
DISCUSSANTS: Leo R. Zacharski, MS, MD, and Steven R. Deitcher, MD
Chemotherapy for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
By Maurie Markman, MD
Diagnosis and Staging of Gynecological Malignancies
By Brigitte E. Miller, MD
The Role of Irradiation in Endometrial Cancer
By Perry W. Grigsby, MD
Surgical Management of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
By George Coukos, MD, PhD, and Stephen C. Rubin, MD
Surveying the Field of Gynecologic Oncology
By William J. Hoskins, MD
Addressing the Quality Chasm for a New Health System in the 21st Century
By J. Lyle Bootman, PhD, and Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD
Palliative Chemotherapy for Advanced Colorectal Cancer
By Peter Simmonds, FRACP, and Tim Iveson, MD
Our Current Understanding of Genetic Alterations in Colorectal Cancer, and Implications for Clinical Use
By Manel Esteller, MD, PhD, and Montserrat Sanchez-Cespedes, PhD
Flavonoids Join the War on Cancer
By Uwe Wenzel, PhD