News and Press Releases
2008
Elderly Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy Benefit from First-Cycle Pegfilgrastim
(The Oncologist, January 2, 2008)
2007
Driven to Suceed
(The Sunday Capital, July 8, 2007)
Has Demand For Clinical Trial Participants Outpaced Supply?
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, June 2007)
The Age Factor
(Cure, Spring 2007)
Too Many Trials Not Enough Patients
(Community Oncology, January 2007)
2006
So Many Cancer Drugs to Test - But Not Enough Patients
(The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 2006)
Geriatric Oncology Aims For Clinical Trials
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, November 2006)
Recruiting more elderly patients for clinical trials
(Community Oncology, April 2006)
Cancer and Aging America: Valuable Information for Patients and Loved Ones
(People Living With Cancer Live Chat, March 2006)
Management of Cancer in the Elderly
(Cancernetwork.com, February 2006)
2005
New RT Methods Promising in Early Lung Cancer
(Cancernetwork.com, November 2005)
A Large Study of the Older Cancer Patient in the Community Setting: Initial Report of a Randomized Controlled Trial Using Pegfilgrastim to Reduce Neutropenic Complications
(The Journal of Supportive Oncology, September/October 2005)
Strategic Partnership Between PRA International and Geriatric Oncology Consortium, Inc. Proves Successful
(PRNewswire, May 2005)
GOC discussed in University of Pennsylvania newsletter
(January/February 2005)
Fit, Older Lung Cancer Patients Respond to Therapy
(St. Petersburg Times, January 2005)
2004
Oncology Nursing Society and Geriatric Oncology Consortium Joint Position on Cancer Care in the Older Adult
(Oncology Nursing Forum, 2004)
Surveillance Colonoscopy in Elderly: Recommendation for Individualization
(Oncology Times, October 2004)
The Group Room - Chest 2004 Meeting, Seattle WA
(October, 2004)
Audio available online:
(Pittsburgh Business Times, July 2004)
2003
Delirium, Dementia, Apathy Require Individualized Treatment
(Oncology News International, December 2003)
Stressors on Caregivers May Be Overlooked Making Them Hidden Patients
(Oncology News, December 2003)
Anemia Criteria in the Elderly: Is it Time to Re-Evaluate?
(Oncology News, December 2003)
Managing Neutropenia Effectively May Improve Outcomes in Elderly Cancer Patients
(Cancernetwork.com, December 2003)
Age Biases and Lack of Appropriate Studies Leave Elderly Cancer Patients Under Treated
(Cancernetwork.com, December 2003)
Cancer Clinical Trials and the Elderly: Searching for Certainty
(Pharmacy Times, December 2003)