Global ‘silver tsunami’ of older cancer patients is coming, experts warn
by Andrew Gregory Health editor in Chicago from Science | The Guardian on (#6C2CY)
Oncologists sound alarm over risk of healthcare systems buckling due to rising need for specific care
The world must urgently prepare for a global tsunami" of millions of older cancer patients or risk healthcare systems being unable to cope, leading doctors have warned.
With life expectancy increasing and a rapidly soaring population of older people, a looming increase in elderly patients with cancer was now a serious public health concern", the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) said in a report. Cancer centres must prepare for the silver oncologic tsunami", the experts added.
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