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Supriya G. Mohile, Allison Magnuson, Chintan Pandya, Carla Velarde, Paul Duberstein, Arti Hurria, Kah Poh Loh, Megan Wells, Sandy Plumb, Nikesha Gilmore, Marie Flannery, Marsha Wittink, Ronald Epstein, Charles E. Heckler, Michelle Janelsins, Karen Mustian, Judith O. Hopkins, Jane Liu, Srihari Peri, and William Dale

training, and therefore common aging-related conditions that influence outcomes are rarely detected. 13 – 16 In this study, community oncologists were recruited to participate in 2 nationwide, geriatric oncology clinical trials in the University of

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Elizabeth R. Kessler, Janet B. Kukreja, Christopher L. Geiger, and Stacy M. Fischer

include treatment planning from multiple disciplines, such as surgical urologic oncology, medical oncology, and radiation oncology. As clinicians develop treatment plans, considering a geriatric oncology perspective may enhance patient care and influence

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June M. McKoy, Peggy S. Burhenn, Ilene S. Browner, Kari L. Loeser, Katrina M. Tulas, Megan R. Oden, and Randall W. Rupper

should therefore be incorporated into the clinical plan of care. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is one such tool that can be recruited within the geriatric oncology domain to assess functional status (cognitive and physical), nutritional

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Tammy T. Hshieh, Clark DuMontier, Timothy Jaung, Nupur E. Bahl, Chelsea E. Hawley, Lee Mozessohn, Richard M. Stone, Robert J. Soiffer, Jane A. Driver, and Gregory A. Abel

oncologists and geriatricians to assist with the identification of medications often encountered in oncology practice that carry risks for older patients. 33 We translated the list into the Geriatric Oncology Potentially Inappropriate Medications (GO

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Robert W. Carlson, Susan Moench, Arti Hurria, Lodovico Balducci, Harold J. Burstein, Lori J. Goldstein, William J. Gradishar, Kevin S. Hughes, Mohammad Jahanzeb, Stuart M. Lichtman, Lawrence B. Marks, Joan S. McClure, Beryl McCormick, Lisle M. Nabell, Lori J. Pierce, Mary Lou Smith, Neal S. Topham, Tiffany A. Traina, John H. Ward, and Eric P. Winer

older woman. A total of 18 task force members represented medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, geriatric oncology, geriatrics, plastic surgery, and patient advocacy. All task force members were identified and invited solely by NCCN. A

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Efrat Dotan and Louise C. Walter

On November 7, 2018, the NCCN Older Adult Oncology Panel and the geriatric oncology community as a whole lost a tremendous leader, mentor, and scientist with the passing of Arti Hurria, MD, in a tragic accident. As the NCCN Older Adult Panel mourns

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June M. McKoy

?” That was so like Dr. Hurria: to be inclusive, enthusiastic, and generous. And that was the last correspondence we had. On November 7, 2018, Dr. Arti Hurria, George Tsai Family Chair in Geriatric Oncology, Director of the Center for Cancer and Aging at

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Armin Shahrokni, Bella Marie Vishnevsky, Brian Jang, Saman Sarraf, Koshy Alexander, Soo Jung Kim, Robert Downey, Anoushka Afonso, and Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki

survival. 8 , 10 – 12 Furthermore, the ASA system is easy to use and has broad awareness and acceptance. 8 , 9 However, its use in the geriatric oncology population has been questioned. In one study of 178 patients aged ≥70 years who underwent elective

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Armin Shahrokni and Manpreet K. Boparai

geriatric oncology clinic to assess medication appropriateness, polypharmacy, PIMs, and deprescribing in order to optimize medication use in this population. In other clinic settings, pharmacists have been effectively used to identify polypharmacy and PIMs

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Ryan D. Nipp, Brandon Temel, Charn-Xin Fuh, Paul Kay, Sophia Landay, Daniel Lage, Esteban Franco-Garcia, Erin Scott, Erin Stevens, Terrence O’Malley, Supriya Mohile, William Dale, Lara Traeger, Ardeshir Z. Hashmi, Vicki Jackson, Joseph A. Greer, Areej El-Jawahri, and Jennifer S. Temel

symptom burden, pervasive comorbid conditions, and impaired functional status, our findings underscore the tremendous potential for efforts such as this transdisciplinary intervention to enhance care outcomes for the geriatric oncology population. This