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Palliative Care in Elderly Patients with Hematological Malignancies

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Treatment approach in older adults with hematological maligancies is often palliative. Even in curative treatment approach a high risk of disease or treatment associated risk of dying exists. Therefore palliative care should be an essential part of care for older adults with hematological malignancies.

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  1. Department of Palliative Care, University Hospital Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, Jena, 07747, Thüringen, Germany

    Ulrich Wedding MD

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  2. St Helens Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, St Helens, United Kingdom

    Riccardo A. Audisio

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Wedding, U. (2015). Palliative Care in Elderly Patients with Hematological Malignancies. In: Wedding, U., Audisio, R. (eds) Management of Hematological Cancer in Older People. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2837-3_19

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