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| Lodovicco BalducciSummaryAffiliation: University of South Florida Country: USA Publications
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The role of myelopoietic growth factors in managing cancer in the elderlyLodovico Balducci
Senior Adult Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Drugs 62:47-63. 2002..Such information will lead to better management of cancer in older patients...- Management of breast cancer in the older womanL Balducci
Senior Adult Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Cancer Control 8:431-41. 2001.... - New paradigms for treating elderly patients with cancer: the comprehensive geriatric assessment and guidelines for supportive careLodovico Balducci
Senior Adult Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612 9416, USA
J Support Oncol 1:30-7. 2003..The development of effective strategies for the management of toxicity caused by anticancer drugs may help the elderly, as much as younger patients, expect and look forward to a positive outcome with their treatment... - Cancer and ageing: a nexus at several levelsLodovico Balducci
Senior Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Nat Rev Cancer 5:655-62. 2005.... - Molecular insight in cancer treatment and preventionLodovico Balducci
Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Int J Biochem Cell Biol 39:1329-36. 2007.... 
Anemia, fatigue and agingL Balducci
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Transfus Clin Biol 17:375-81. 2010..These products may be safe when given exclusively to patients receiving chemotherapy and when the hemoglobin levels are maintained below 12 g/dL...- The elderly patient with cancer: new approaches for improved outcomesLodovico Balducci
Senior Adult Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612 9416, USA
J Support Oncol 1:3-4. 2003 - Cancer chemotherapy in elderly cancer patientsLodovico Balducci
Senior Adult Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Oncol Manag 14:35-8. 2005..This approach is outlined in the National Cancer Center Network guidelines for the management of cancer in the older person... - Epidemiology of cancer and agingLodovico Balducci
Senior Adult Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Oncol Manag 14:47-50. 2005..On the basis of these findings, preventative and therapeutic strategies for the elderly may be formulated... - Anemia in the elderly-clinical findings and impact on healthL Balducci
H Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute, University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Dr Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 58:156-65. 2006..A better understanding of anemia in the elderly will lead to improved treatment strategies, including the more judicious use of transfusion and appropriate use of erythropoietic agents... - Prevention of cancer in the older personLodovico Balducci
Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
Cancer J 11:442-8. 2005..The value of screening asymptomatic individuals for lung and ovarian cancer is explored in ongoing clinical trials... - Management of cancer in the elderlyLodovico Balducci
Division of Geriatric Oncology, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 20:135-43; discussion 144, 146, 151-2. 2006..Age is not a contraindication to cancer treatment: With appropriate caution, older individuals may benefit from cytotoxic chemotherapy to the same extent as the youngest patients... - Transfusion independence in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: impact on outcomes and quality of lifeLodovico Balducci
Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Geriatric Section, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612 9497, USA
Cancer 106:2087-94. 2006..Newer treatments have the potential to improve the care of patients with MDS by alleviating the clinical, economic, and quality-of-life consequences of long-term RBC transfusion dependence... - Cancer-related anemia: special considerations in the elderlyLodovico Balducci
Division of Geriatric Oncology, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida 33612 9416, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 21:81-6, 90; discussion 90, 100,104. 2007.... - Management of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in the older cancer patientLodovico Balducci
Senior Adult Oncology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 20:26-31. 2006..In this article we explore the management of neutropenia and neutropenic infections in older cancer patients, as well as review the causes and the risk of this complication... - An overlooked problem: anemia in the elderly patient with cancerLodovico Balducci
Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, USA
J Support Oncol 5:115-6. 2007 - [Medical and social involvements of the cancer in the elderly]Lodovico Balducci
d oncologie à l Université de Floride, College of Medicine, en charge du programme d oncogériatrie au H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, Etats Unis
Med Sci (Paris) 23:35-7. 2007..The conclusion targets the importance of the functional age of the patients and the presence of natural helping, on which the authorities should rule. double dagger... - Elderly cancer patients receiving chemotherapy benefit from first-cycle pegfilgrastimLodovico Balducci
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Oncologist 12:1416-24. 2007.... - Management of cancer pain in geriatric patientsLodovico Balducci
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Support Oncol 1:175-91. 2003..In the conclusion, the American Geriatrics Society's guidelines for the management of pain in older individuals will be examined and a research agenda outlined... - Cost of cancer clinical trials in elderly patientsLodovicco Balducci
University of South Florida, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Expert Opin Pharmacother 5:505-11. 2004..In the process, the cost differences of cancer treatment in younger and older patients will be explored... - Increased risk of myelotoxicity in elderly patients with non-Hodgkin lymphomaLodovico Balducci
Senior Adult Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Cancer 100:6-11. 2004 - Management of cancer in the older person: a practical approachL Balducci
Senior Adult Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Oncologist 5:224-37. 2000.... - Cancer and age in the USAL Balducci
University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 37:137-45. 2001.... - Hematopoietic growth factors in the older cancer patientL Balducci
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Department of Oncology and Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Curr Opin Hematol 8:170-87. 2001..The issue is examined in terms of effectiveness and cost. An outline of the assessment of the older cancer patient is provided at the end of the chapter as a frame of reference for clinical decisions... - Epidemiology of anemia in the elderly: information on diagnostic evaluationLodovico Balducci
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:S2-9. 2003..Therefore, appropriate diagnosis and management strategies of anemia in the elderly need to be identified, particularly because anemia may indicate the presence of other serious diseases... - Myelosuppression and its consequences in elderly patients with cancerLodovico Balducci
Adult Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 17:27-32. 2003..Such prophylaxis should be routinely considered in elderly patients with cancer treated with myelosuppressive chemotherapy... - Anemia, cancer, and agingLodovico Balducci
Senior Adult Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Cancer Control 10:478-86. 2003..Anemia is an issue of concern in the management of older patients with cancer. In this age group, the incidence and prevalence of both cancer and anemia increase with age... - Supportive care of the older cancer patientLodovico Balducci
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 48:S65-70. 2003..When toxicity is properly prevented, cytotoxic chemotherapy may be as effective in older individuals as it is in the younger ones... - Geriatric oncologyLodovico Balducci
Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 46:211-20. 2003..Treatment of cancer with chemotherapy may be associated with increased risk of complications, especially mucositis and neutropenia. The latter may be ameliorated by prophylactic use of growth factors and correction of anemia... - Predictors of tolerance to chemotherapy in older cancer patients: a prospective pilot studyM Extermann
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Eur J Cancer 38:1466-73. 2002..Designing a composite predictive score to use in assessing the toxicity of multiple chemotherapy regimens therefore appears to be a valid undertaking... - What threshold for adjuvant therapy in older breast cancer patients?M Extermann
Senior Adult Oncology Program and Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
J Clin Oncol 18:1709-17. 2000..Knowledge of the threshold relapse risks above which adjuvant treatment is worth prescribing would enhance decision making... - Update of the economic analyses of the use of the colony-stimulating factorsG H Lyman
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Curr Opin Hematol 6:145-51. 1999..Continuing clinical and economic evaluation along with updating of clinical practice guidelines is needed due to rapid technologic and clinical advances in this area... - Comorbidity and functional status are independent in older cancer patientsM Extermann
Senior Adult Oncology Program, H Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
J Clin Oncol 16:1582-7. 1998..However, to date, there is no standard measure of the comorbidity burden available for these patients. We tested the performance of two comorbidity scales and their relationship with functional status... - Treating elderly patients with hormone sensitive breast cancer: what do the data show?L Balducci
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Senior Adult Oncology Program, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Cancer Treat Rev 35:47-56. 2009.... - Validity and reliability of the FACT-G scale for use in the older person with cancerJ Overcash
Senior Adult Oncology Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612-9497, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 24:591-6. 2001..9 +/- 14.4 SD. Subjects with a PS of 3 had a mean score of 59.0 +/- 23.2 SD. The FACT-G is a valid and reliable instrument for use in the older patient with cancer. The FACT-G is not an age-biased instrument... - The effect of changing disease risk on clinical reasoningG H Lyman
Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa 33612
J Gen Intern Med 9:488-95. 1994..Health care professionals should receive training in the proper evaluation of test information, with particular emphasis on the influence of pretest disease risk on the posttest probability of disease...
Research Grants
- Support of the Caregiver of the Older Cancer Patient Undergoing ChemotherapyLodovico Balducci; Fiscal Year: 2007..This study provides an opportunity to address problems associated with intense short-term care giving in this expanding population. ..