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SENIOR TORONTO ONCOLOGY PANEL – RESEARCH PARTICIPATION FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH CANCER
AND FAMILY MEMBERS/CAREGIVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S104
CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT DECISION-MAKING EXPERIENCES OF OLDER ADULTS WITH CANCER,
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, CANCER SPECIALISTS AND FAMILY PHYSICIANS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY S105
DEVELOPING A NATIONAL AGENDA ON CANCER AND AGING: THE CANADIAN NETWORK ON AGING
AND CANCER (CNAC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S105
EVALUATION OF DIAGNOSTIC PATHWAYS FOR OLDER PEOPLEWITH SUSPECTED CANCER: ANANALYSIS
OF A RAPID ACCESS GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S106
IMPACT OF GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT ONTHE MANAGEMENT OF OLDER ADULTSWITH HEAD AND NECK
CANCER: A PILOT STUDY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S106
ALTERATION OF DOMAINS IN COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENTS AND SURVIVAL INA FRENCH
MULTICENTER COHORT OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CANCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S107
PREHABILITATION AND REHABILITATION IN ONCOGERIATRICS: ADAPTATION TO DISEASE AND
ACCOMPANIMENT OF PATIENTS’ TRAJECTORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S108
EDUCATING 400 NURSES IN GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY ACROSS THE US (FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF HEALTH #R25CA183723-01A1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S108
FACTORS INFLUENCING TREATMENT DECISIONS MADE BY OLDER WOMEN WITH PRIMARY BREAST
CANCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S109
CHEMOTHERAPY PRESCRIBING FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH CANCER: A SURVEY OF AUSTRALIAN
ONCOLOGISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S109
ESTIMATING THE RISK OF SEVERE CHEMOTHERAPY TOXICITY IN ADULTS
65 YEARS: COMPARING THE
CARG SCORE WITH ONCOLOGISTS’ ESTIMATES OF TOXICITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S110
IMPACT OF A WEEKLY MULTIDISCIPLINARY GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY MEETING ON THERAPEUTIC
MANAGEMENT OF OLDER PATIENTS WITH CANCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S111
DOES THE VULNERABLE ELDERS SURVEY (VES-13) CORRELATE WITH THE PRESENCE OF GERIATRIC
ISSUES AND SYNDROMES IN OLDER ADULTS WITH GENITOURINARY CANCER? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S111
FEASIBILITY OF INTRODUCING VULNERABILITY SCREENING IN AN AMBULATORY CANCER CLINIC. . . . . . .S112
THE EFFECTOFCOMPREHENSIVEGERIATRICASSESSMENTONTREATMENTDECISIONSANDMORTALITY
AMONGST OLDER PATIENTS TREATED FOR UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S113
MULTIMORBIDITY AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN OLDER ADULTS: A FOCUS ON CANCER SURVIVORS . . . . . .S113
TRAJECTORIES OF FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS AND HEALTH STATUS BY CANCER SURVIVOR STATUS:
DOES THE GAP CLOSE WITH LONGER SURVIVORSHIP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S114
BARRIERS TO GOOD MEDICATION TAKING BEHAVIOUR IN METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS
RECEIVING ORAL ANTI-ANDROGEN THERAPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S115
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRESS IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH CANCER IN THE MID-LONG TERM . . . . . . . . . .S115
THE UK GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY EXPERT REFERENCE GROUP (ERG) CONSENSUS ON CGA SCREENING. . . . . .S116
UK ASSESSMENT METHODS AND SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE WITH CANCER: A NATIONAL SURVEY . . . .S116
ONCOLOGICAL SURGERY INAGED 80 ORMORE: PREDICTORSOF FUNCTIONAL DECLINEANDMORTALITY
IN ONE YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S117
THE LONGITUDINAL USE OF GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT IN AN ONCOLOGY CENTER IN BRAZIL: A PILOT
STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S118
ASSESSMENT OF OLDER PATIENTS WITH CANCER: EDMONTON FRAIL SCALE (EFS) AS A PREDICTOR OF
ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN OLDER PATIENTS UNDERGOING RADIOTHERAPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S118
TRAINING MEDICAL ONCOLOGISTS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF AGING CANCER PATIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . .S119
GERIATRIC RESEARCH POLICY OF THE JAPAN CLINICAL ONCOLOGY GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S120
COUPLES COPING WITH CANCER IN THE PLATINUM STAGE OF LIFE: OLDEST-OLD AND THEIR SPOUSAL
CAREGIVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S120
THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER IN A COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT CLINIC FOR OLDER
PEOPLE WITH UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S121
FUNCTIONAL STATUS, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND UNMET NEEDS IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER . .S121
DIALOG TASK FORCE FOR DEFINITION OF A GERIATRIC MINIMUM DATA SET FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
RESEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S122