Medscape October 18, 2024
Edited by Victoria Stern

TOPLINE:

Older adults with metastatic cancer living in Mexico spend about 1 in 5 days during the initial months of treatment in contact with a healthcare provider, with a higher time burden for those receiving radiotherapy or cytotoxic chemotherapy and for frail individuals.

METHODOLOGY:

  • Time toxicity — days spent with healthcare contact during treatment — is “a critical but understudied outcome” for patients with cancer. Patients living in low- and middle-income countries, in particular, tend to live far from the treatment facilities, which can increase time toxicity.
  • In the current study, researchers aimed to quantify time toxicity among older patients with metastatic cancer living in Mexico and receiving palliative systemic treatment. Researchers also aimed to identify characteristics associated with...

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