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Hospital emergency departments should improve practices for treating older adults with cancer

09:08 EDT 26 Oct 2017 | ecancermedicalscience

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. That’s despite the fact that inpatient...

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