Less chemotherapy, more personalized care: Study reinforces major strides in geriatric oncology

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Less chemotherapy, more personalized care: Study reinforces major strides in geriatric oncology

Doctors can safely lower the dose of cancer treatment such as chemotherapy without impacting survival for adults older than 70 who are at high risk for toxic side effects. The results are from a potentially practice-changing new study, published in The Lancet, and led by a Wilmot Cancer Institute scientist at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

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