Today DCCC Age hosts a symposium on 'Improving Cancer Treatment for Older Adults' and the inaugural general assembly for #DanishSocietyforGeriatricOncology @cancer_dk With over 80 attendees, we're excited for a day of insightful discussions. 🙌 #GeriatricOncology #CancerAwareness

📢 Sign up for the Danish Society for Geriatric Oncology's inaugural general assembly by April 1, 2024! 🗓️ April 17, 2024 🕒 3:15 PM 📍 Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen 💼 Join or nominate yourself for the board! #GeriatricOncology #CancerDK #Participate #FutureHealth

📢 Calling all healthcare professionals! Stay ahead with the latest research by @akgiger. Discover how comprehensive geriatric assessment guided interventions impact physical performance & QoL in older adults initiating palliative treatment. [ #GeriOnc

@DcccAge is strongly represented at this years SIOG Conference with a platform presentation and 5 posters based on highly important #GeriOnc original research #Siog23

RT @JGeriOnc: Process evaluation of a G8 screening tool implementation in an outpatient oncology center @andrewchap…

@DcccAge’s yealy meeting is off to a decisive start. Together we have compiled recommendations for endpoints for future DCCC Age affiliated studies and agreed to move forward on becoming an established medical association.💪

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Should universal endpoints be employed in future Danish oncogeriatric studies and how should these endpoints be assessed? How can we incorporate shared decision making in oncogeriatric research? Great input and discussion @DcccAge annual meeting! #gerionc #CancerResearch

Congrats to Ehmsen et al. for their Cancer Cell publication evaluating the neutralizing capacity to current SARS-CoV-2 variants in predominately older patients with cancer before and after receiving the BNT162b2 bivalent mRNA vaccine booster. @onko_ouh

Congradulations to @akgiger who accepted the Young Investigator Award for best short oral præsentation at @FormandDSKO 23 for her præsentation of CGA in an RCT of older adults with cancer receiving palliative anti neoplastic treatment

The SaVe project has begun recruiting #olderadults with colorectal cancer @HerlevGentofte @Rigshospitalet Focus: Why older pts. experience side effects to chemotherapy +development & whether CGA + tailored physical training can counteract some side effects & improve #QoL #gerionc

@JGeriOnc @WilliamDale_MD @rochgerionc @myCARG Great work by Gabor Liposits and the Nordic9 team 👏🙌

RT @JGeriOnc: Prognostic value of baseline functional status measures and geriatric screening in vulnerable older patients with metastatic…

Thank you to @trinejoer for planning a great @DcccAge 2022 Conference with many inspiring presentations from ongoing studies. We look forwards to seeing everyone again at our next meeting, April 18th 2023. #gerionc #olderadults with #cancer @DCCCcancer @cancer_dk