Jefferson's Senior Adult Oncology Center Featured in Advance for Nurses
The Kimmel Cancer Center's Senior Adult Oncology Center takes a unique approach to senior cancer care. The multidisciplinary staff assesses the many health challenges confronting senior adults and recommends a personalized cancer treatment plan for each patient.
Cancer care coordinator for the Jefferson Senior Adult Oncology Center, Barbara Daulerio, BSN, RN, explains in an Advance for Nurses story, "This clinic examines what cancer treatment means to a specific person. Age alone does not determine functional capacity; our comprehensive geriatric assessment is able to give us a much clearer idea of what sort of cancer treatments a patient can or cannot tolerate."
Learn more by reading "Tailored Treatment: Senior cancer care personalizes healing at the Kimmel Cancer Center."
Publication: Advance for Nurses
Published: 8/16/2011