Cancer events in Belgian nursing home residents: An EORTC prospective cohort study

Abstract: Objectives: This prospective multicenter cohort study aimed to describe new cancer events in nursing home residents (NHR). Materials and Methods: The study was performed in 39 nursing homes from the Armonea network in Belgium, covering 4262 nursing home beds. All NHR in these homes were prospectively followed during 1 year for occurrence of cancer events (diagnosis or clinical suspicion of a new cancer or progression of a known cancer). After training, each site's local staff identified NHR with cancer events in collaboration with the treating general practitioner (GP). NHR with canc... Mehr ...