简介：The9thInternationalCongressonPeritonealSurfaceMalignancies,sponsoredbythePeritonealSurfaceOncologyGroupInternational(PSOGI)andorganizedbytheNetherlandsCancerInstitute,washeldinAmsterdam,theNetherlands,fromOctober9to11,2014,withover650delegatesfrom66countriesattendingthemeeting.Withthecentralthemetosummarizetheglobalprogressesinperitonealcarcinomatosis(PC)diagnosisandtreatment,todrafttheoutlineframeworkofinternational

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简介：Aparadoxincancerresearchisthatthemajorityofpatientsenrolledinclinicaltrialsarerelativelyyoungandfitwhiletypicalpatientsindailypracticeareelderlyandhavecomorbiditiesandimpairedorganfunction.Giventhesedifferences,manymajorstudiesprovideanimperfectguidetooptimizingthetreatmentofthemajorityofpatients.Sincecancerincidenceishighlycorrelatedwithage,andsincetheworld'spopulationisrapidlyageing,thisproblemcanonlyincrease.Forthisreason,oncologistsandgeriatriciansneedtocollaborateindevelopingtoolstosystematicallyassessthehealthstatusofelderlypatientsandtheirfitnesstoreceivecancertherapiesofvariousintensity.Tailoringanti-cancertreatmentsandsupportivecaretoindividualneedsshouldbeseenaspartofthemovetowardspersonalizedmedicine.Achievingthisgoalisasmuchofachallengetodevelopingandmiddle-incomecountriesasitistowesternnations.The2015annualconferenceoftheInternationalSocietyofGeriatricOncology(SIOG)heldinPrague,CzechRepublic,November2015andhadaglobalfocusonadvancingthescienceofgeriatriconcologyandsupportivecare.Centraltothisapproachisthesystematicassessmentoflifeexpectancy,independentfunctioning,andthephysicalandpsychologicalhealthofoldercancerpatients.Theassumptionbehindcomprehensivegeriatricassessmentisthatelderlycancerpatientshavecomplexneeds.Theimplicationisthateffectiveinterventionwillrequireamultidisciplinaryteam.Examplesofeffectivegeriatricassessment,multidisciplinaryworkingandsupportivecarewerepresentedattheSIOGconference.