Department of Geriatrics, Cancer Care in the Elderly Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Sección XVI, Tlalpan, CDMX, 14080, Mexico City, Mexico.
Department of Hematology, University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain.
Clin Transl Oncol. 2018 Sep;20(9):1117-1126. doi: 10.1007/s12094-018-1844-1. Epub 2018 Feb 12.
Population aging represents a worldwide challenge. In Ibero-America (Spain, Portugal, and the American countries in which the Spanish or Portuguese language are spoken), the number of older adults is growing, leading to an increase in aging-related diseases such as cancer. Older adults already account for half of all cancer cases in Ibero-America, and this proportion will continue to increase. Furthermore, Ibero-American healthcare systems are not adequately prepared to provide care for older adults with cancer, mainly due to a lack of resources and generalized paucity of geriatric training for healthcare providers. Across the region, several clinical initiatives, educational activities and research collaborations have been established to set the foundations of Ibero-American geriatric oncology and to increase the geriatric knowledge among healthcare providers. This article provides an overview of the current landscape of geriatric oncology in Ibero-America, highlighting its critical challenges, opportunities for improvement and collaboration, and future directions.
人口老龄化是一个全球性的挑战。在伊比利亚美洲（西班牙、葡萄牙以及使用西班牙语或葡萄牙语的美洲国家），老年人口数量不断增加，导致与年龄相关的疾病（如癌症）的发病率上升。老年人已经占伊比利亚美洲所有癌症病例的一半，而且这一比例还将继续上升。此外，伊比利亚美洲的医疗保健系统还没有为患有癌症的老年人提供足够的护理做好准备，主要是因为资源匮乏，以及医疗保健提供者普遍缺乏老年医学培训。在该地区，已经建立了多个临床计划、教育活动和研究合作，以奠定伊比利亚美洲老年肿瘤学的基础，并提高医疗保健提供者的老年医学知识。本文概述了伊比利亚美洲老年肿瘤学的现状，强调了其面临的关键挑战、改进和合作的机会，以及未来的发展方向。
