Current Issue November 2011 | Vol. 27, No. 4
Current Topic
November 2011
Successful AgingGuest Editors: Vincent Morelli, MD, and Mohamad Sidani, MD
Research in the field of "successful aging" has increased dramatically in the last few decades. As a result, the public's awareness and interest in this area have been heightened. Today, more than ever, our patients are looking to us to serve as information analysts—to help them wade through the ever-rising sea of health information and misinformation that is widely distributed on the internet and available via the lay press.
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The Use of Radiation Therapy in the Geriatric Population09 January 2012
Benjamin Rosenbluth
As the medical community has developed increasingly effectual treatments for illnesses and conditions that once claimed the lives of younger patients, including heart disease, diabetes, and infectious...
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Management of Cancer in the Older Adult19 December 2011
Deepak Kilari, Supriya Gupta Mohile
Cancer is primarily a disease of the elderly. According to the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data, between the years 2003 and 2008 the median age at diag...
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Its Clinical Impact in Oncology08 December 2011
Jane Jijun Liu, Martine Extermann
In the last decade there has been an influx of clinical trials adopting comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in oncology. These trials can be categorized into three groups: (1) those focusing on r...
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Principles of Surgical Oncology in the Elderly06 December 2011
Andrew P. Zbar, Aviad Gravitz, Riccardo A. Audisio
Almost two thirds of all solid tumors are diagnosed in patients over 65 years of age, where the annual age-adjusted incidence of cancer has shown a slow but steady increase by nearly 15% over the last...
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Early Breast Cancer in the Older Woman24 November 2011
Ari VanderWalde, Arti Hurria
Breast cancer, like many common cancers, is primarily a disease of older adults. In the United States the median age at the diagnosis of breast cancer is 61 years, and 41% of breast cancers are diagno...
August 2011SarcopeniaGuest Editor: Yves Rolland May 2011Update in the Medical Management of the Long Term Care PatientGuest Editor: M.A. Paniagua February 2011FrailtyGuest Editors: Jeremy D. Walston2011 - Volume 27
November 2010Falls and Their PreventionGuest Editors: L.Z. Rubenstein & D.A. Ganz August 2010 May 2010The Aging MaleGuest Editor: J.E. Morley February 2010 November 2009Preventive Cardiology in the ElderlyGuest Editors: M.W. Rich & G.A. Mensah August 2009Renal DiseaseGuest Editor: E.V. Lerma May 2009HypertensionGuest Editor: M. Rahman February 2009The Past, Present and Future of Home
Health CareGuest Editor: P.A. Boling November 2008Perioperative ManagementGuest Editor: A.K. Jaffer August 2008DiabetesGuest Editor: J.E. Morley May 2008Pain ManagementGuest Editor: H.S. Smith February 2008Sleep in Elderly AdultsGuest Editor: J.K. Gammack November 2007GastroenterologyGuest Editor: S.H. Tariq August 2007Infectious DiseaseGuest Editor: K. High May 2007Emergency CareGuest Editors: A. Mattu, M. Winters, & K. Grundmann February 2007Heart Failure in the ElderlyGuest Editor: W.S. Aronow November 2006Movement DisordersGuest Editors: R. Albin & N.R. Barbas August 2006Surgical Innovations: Improving Quality of
LifeGuest Editor: R.M. Palmer May 2006Geriatric RehabilitationGuest Editor: A. Cristian February 2006Thromboembolic Disease and Antithrombotic
Agents in the ElderlyGuest Editor: L. Jacobs November 2005ObesityGuest Editors: S.D. Fields & L. Strano-Paul August 2005Rheumatic Disease in the ElderlyGuest Editor: A. Kavanaugh May 2005Elder Abuse and NeglectGuest Editor: M. Gorbien February 2005Palliative Care II: Improving CareGuest Editor: L.L. Emanuel November 2004Palliative Care I: Providing CareGuest Editor: L.L. Emanuel August 2004Geriatric IncontinenceGuest Editor: M.M. Wilson May 2004Anti-AgingGuest Editors: J.H. Flaherty & J.E. Morley February 2004Alzheimer's Disease and DementiaGuest Editor: D.S. Geldmacher November 2003Geriatric Mental HealthGuest Editor: G. Grossberg August 2003Geriatric SexualityGuest Editor: J. Morley May 2003OsteoporosisGuest Editor: E. Siris February 2003Respiratory Disease in the ElderlyGuest Editors: A. Berman & L. Jacobs November 2002Undernutrition in the ElderlyGuest Editor: D. Thomas August 2002Successful Aging: Preventive
GerontologyGuest Editor: Palmer May 2002Falls and Syncope in Elderly PatientsGuest Editors: Kenny & O'Shea February 2002Geriatric Dermatology, Part 2Guest Editor: B.A. Gilchrest2010 - Volume 26
Osteoarthritis
Guest Editor: D.J. Hunter
Healthy Brain Aging: Evidence Based Methods to Preserve Brain Function and Prevent Dementia
Guest Editor: A.K. Desai2009 - Volume 25
2008 - Volume 24
2007 - Volume 23
2006 - Volume 22
2005 - Volume 21
2004 - Volume 20
2003 - Volume 19
2002 - Volume 18
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Preface: Update in the Medical Management of the Long-Term Care PatientMay 2011 (Vol. 27 | No. 2 | Pages xiii-xiv)
Miguel A. Paniagua
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ContentsAugust 2011 (Vol. 27 | No. 3 | Pages vii-ix)
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PrefaceAugust 2011 (Vol. 27 | No. 3 | Page xi)
Yves Rolland
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Sarcopenia: Origins and Clinical RelevanceAugust 2011 (Vol. 27 | No. 3 | Pages 337-339)
Irwin H. Rosenberg
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Preface: Falls and Their PreventionNovember 2010 (Vol. 26 | No. 4 | Pages xiii-xiv)
Laurence Z. Rubenstein, David A. Ganz
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