Exercise-based Multimodal Programming: A Treatment Gap for Older Adults with Advanced Cancer

Stephanie D Small, Kelcey A Bland, Julia N Rickard, Amy A Kirkham, Stephanie D Small, Kelcey A Bland, Julia N Rickard, Amy A Kirkham

Abstract

This commentary highlights the challenges of clinical trials, especially as related to trials on exercise for older adults with advanced cancer, and comments on the study by Mikkelsen et al.

Keywords: drug therapy; exercise; frail elderly; neoplasms.

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