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UPDATES IN SURGERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S17
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS WITH REGARD TO COLORECTAL SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S17
WHO IS FIT FOR HAEMATOLOGICAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S18
WHO IS FIT FOR HAEMATOLOGICAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S18
HEALTH ECONOMICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S18
CANCER TREATMENT SYSTEM IN JAPAN AND THE BEGINNING OF PRACTICE IN GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY . . . .S19
GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S19
MINIMIZING PERIOPERATIVE ADVERSE EVENTS IN THE ELDERLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S19
IMPROVING NUTRITION STATUS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S20
ARE TOOLS THE RIGHT WAY TO ASSESS QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S20
MULTIPLE MYELOMA IN THE ELDERLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S20
TELEHEALTH – RECENT EXPERIENCES IN ONCOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S20
SIOG 2016 – Abstract Submission – Oral Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S23
RELEVANCE OF GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S23
NATIONAL PATTERNS OF CARE AND OUTCOMES OF OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMAS
IN PATIENTS OVER 70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S23
GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND OUTCOMES WITH CARBOPLATIN AND WEEKLY LOW-DOSE PACLITAXEL
IN ELDERLY WOMEN WITH OVARIAN, PRIMARY PERITONEAL OR FALLOPIAN TUBE CANCER: A
GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY GROUP STUDY (GOG273). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S24
TAXANE-BASED ADJUVANT TREATMENT IN ELDERLY WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER. A POOLED
ANALYSIS OF 5 RANDOMIZED TRIALS FROM THE HELLENIC ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . .S25
TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AND CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR EXPRESSION WITH AGE: NEW MARKERS OF
IMMUNOSENESCENCE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S25
OFATUMUMAB AS FRONT-LINE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
THAT ARE ELDERLY AND HAVE SEVERE CO-MORBIDITIES AND/OR OTHER MALIGNANCIES . . . . . . . . . . . . .S26
WHAT EVIDENCE DO WE HAVE FOR TREATING RELAPSED/REFRACTORY AML IN PATIENTS 70 AND
OLDER? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S27
EARLY CASE MANAGEMENT IN THE OLDER FRENCH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES PATIENT
RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY, PRELEMINARY RESULTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S27
DEPRESSION IS ASSOCIATEDWITH SLEEP DISTURBANCE IN OLDER ADULTS WITH CANCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S28
A PHASE II RCT OF THREE EXERCISE DELIVERY METHODS IN OLDER MENWITH PROSTATE CANCER ON
ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S28
PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH LEVEL OF DISTRESS AMONG OLDER CANCER
PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S29
CHOOSING TO TRUST: CANCER TREATMENT DECISION MAKING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OLDER
ADULTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S30
LONG TERM OUTCOME IN ELDERLY SURGICAL CANCER PATIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S30
INCLUSION OF ELDERLY PATIENTS IN ONCOLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S31
LARGE OUTCOME DISPARITIES BY OLDER AGE AND 21-GENE RECURRENCE SCORE (RS) RESULT IN
HORMONE RECEPTOR POSITIVE (HR+) BREAST CANCER (BC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S31
PRIMARY ENDPOINTS TO ASSESS TREATMENT EFFICACY IN CLINICAL TRIALS CONDUCTED IN ELDERLY
CANCER PATIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S32
FRAILTY AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION-BASED GLASGOW PROGNOSTIC SCORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S33
A CLINICAL SCORE TO PREDICT THE EARLY DEATH AT 100 DAYS AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC
ASSESSMENT (CGA) IN ELDERLY METASTATIC CANCERS, ANALYSIS FROM A PROSPECTIVE COHORT
STUDYWITH 1048 PATIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S34
AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE INTERVENTIONS PROVIDED BY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM
PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT TO OLDER ADULTS WITH UPPER GASTRO-
INTESTINAL CANCERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S34
A FEASIBILITY TRIAL OF GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND INTEGRATED CARE PLAN FOR OLDER CANCER
PATIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S35
SIOG 2016 – Abstract Submission – Poster presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S37
RETROSPECTIVE STUDY EVALUATING THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF FULVESTRANT AS FIRST OR
SECOND LINE TREATMENT OF METASTATIC BREAST CANCER PATIENTS OVER 70 YEARS OF AGE . . . . . . . .S37
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER FROM IMPLICATIONS OF A
SURVEY BY THE JAPAN CLINICAL ONCOLOGY GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S37
SERUMMETABOLOMIC PROFILES FOR DISCRIMINATING EARLY FROMMETASTATIC DISEASE IN ELDERLY
PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S38
OUTCOMES OF HYPO FRACTIONATED RADICAL RADIOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH NON SMALL CELL
LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) OVER THE AGE OF 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S38
THE BENEFIT AND TOLERABILITY OF ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN ELDERLY STAGE III COLON
CANCER PATIENTS: A 3 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE AUDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S39
DIFFERING BIOLOGY OF BREAST CANCER ACCORDING TO AGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S40
COMORBIDITY AND CORRELATIONWITH ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH
COLORECTAL CANCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S40