Personalized care improves the quality of life of the elderly with cancer

The new approach to the care of elderly metastatic cancer significantly improves the procedure and deals with the prognosis of the disease, which brings high quality of life during cancer treatment. It shows the Brazilian study on Sunday (1st) at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the largest scientific event in Chicago in the United States.

A. Search He analyzed data from the intervention of Gain-S (aged assessment-guided support care intervention) recommended as ASCO guidelines for patients aged 65 or older in many Brazilian states. This proposal exceeds standard treatment by providing personalized care based on aging evaluation.

According to Christian Bergarot, the leader of a psycho-oncologist, psycho-oncologist, anCoklinicos’s special multidisciplinary team and study leader Polyformation (More than one repeat medicine shadam and social support.

Based on this assessment results, the special and multidisciplinary team – oncologist, psychiatrist, psychologist, nutritionist and personal trainer – with the goal of improving the clinical results and quality of life of patients, explained and executed personalized intervents.

“The elderly evaluation allowed to detect unprofitable in traditional evaluations” Bergorot explained that ” CNN. “With this, experts have been able to take into account the needs and restrictions of patients and make cancer treatment further personalized,” he said.

According to the expert, the study showed that there was a significant improvement in understanding the prognosis of patients involved in the intervention – that is, they began to have a clear sense of the purpose of treatment and the hope of disease evolution.

“It is in favor of making a more aligned decision with their values ​​and objectives, promotes the more person -centered care,” said Bergirot.

The study shows that it is possible to implement an adult -centered process of 65 years or older in challenges, with 93%adhesion rate. This intervention used the parentic awareness an impact questionnaire, which is certified and delicate tool, which is confirmed and sensitive tool, patients certainly estimate how to react to their clinical status.

“The elderly with cancer have very different symptoms and requirements of small patients. They often have multiple comorbidities, brittle, toxicity and different treatment preferences,” said Bergirot. “The procedure such as profit-in-law identifies this variation and allows further personalized care, not only to improve clinical results (such as physical function and humor) but also promotes more alignment with autonomy, treatment safety and patient values.”

According to Christian Bergarot, the results indicate that there is space for more sensitive welfare models for the emotional and cognitive needs of elderly patients. “When we provide time, listening and structural care, even in complex clinical conditions, the effect may be surprising. And it is more than a scientific invention, moral commitment to those facing a sophisticated disease.”