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Gait Speed May Improve Treatment Decisions in Elderly With Cancer

Alexander Otto   |   Medical News   |   18 December 2020
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Gait speed testing might improve decisions about treatment intensity for people 75 years or older with blood cancer, say researchers.

"The additional information this simple clinical test reveals about survival may help patients and physicians avoid inappropriately intensive or nonintensive treatment," say the authors, led by hematologist/oncologist Andrew Hantel, MD, at...

          

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