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Hospitals need to improve emergency care practices for treating older cancer patients, study reveals

23:54 EDT 24 Oct 2017 | News-Medical.net

A new study finds that patients with cancer, especially those aged 75 or older, are more likely to be admitted to the hospital – and less likely to be observed and released home – than patients without cancer.

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